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Vatican will allow blessings of same-sex unions Change is major departure from church’s stance on LGBTQ+ issues, though benedictions still must be distinct from marriage

By Anthony Faiola and Stefano Pitrelli The Washington Post

ROME — The Vatican on Monday issued formal, definitive permission for Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples, as long as those benedictions are kept separate from marriage, a decree that amounts to an about-face after decades of discord between the LBGTQ+ community and the Catholic Church, which has

long upheld that homosexuals are “disordered” and said any nod to their unions would be tantamount to blessing sin.

The guidance from the powerful Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued after papal review and approval, largely reverses a 2021 ruling and expands on a far briefer statement of support for such blessings issued by Francis in September in response to questions raised by conservative clerics.

The document issued Monday says that blessings of same-sex couples should not suggest even the trappings of sacramental marriage — including traditional wedding vestments — or even ceremonies formally recognizing same-sex Please see story on Page A-5

Archdiocese stands behind decision ‘God loves us all,’ Wester says of new policy

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Santa Fe Archbishop John C. Wester, pictured in 2020, said Monday he supports Pope Francis’ decision to allow Catholic priests to offer pastoral or informal blessings to same-sex couples.

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The Archdiocese of Santa Fe on Monday said it backs Pope Francis’ decision to allow priests to offer pastoral or informal blessings to same-sex couples.

The Vatican on Monday released a document the pope issued elaborating on an October letter he sent to two conservative cardinals saying priests could bless same-sex couples as an act of goodwill and an expression of God’s love while still holding to the Church doctrine that defines Please see story on Page A-5

San Juan sheriff opens probe into S.F. gun group’s dismantlings New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence says house-by-house removal of some guns in Farmington after event canceled doesn’t violate background check laws

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Molly Mackinnon, left, a middle school and high school science teacher, talks to fellow Monte Del Sol instructor Wendy Leighton, who teaches social studies and social activism, while they wait in line to address the Public Education Department during Monday’s comment session over a proposal to increase mandatory instructional days in state schools. Nearly 3,000 comments were also submitted electronically.

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awn Apodaca, superintendent of Mountainair Public Schools, crunched the numbers, and the math didn’t add up.

Elementary school students in Apodaca’s Central New Mexico district attend school for eight hours each day, four days a week, 152 days a year. They participate in two-hour learning periods for math and reading, plus 45 minutes a day of intervention, which totals nearly 400 hours of instruction in the two core subjects each year.

If the district had to do away with its fourday school week — as state Public Education Department officials have proposed in a new set of rules — Apodaca said her youngest students’ instructional time would decrease to just 270 hours per year.

“We know that more isn’t better, but better is better,” Apodaca said.

The superintendent joined hundreds of school administrators, teachers, parents, students and advocates from across New Mexico on Monday in voicing their opposition to proPlease see story on Page A-4

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether a Santa Fe-based gun violence prevention organization violated a state law on firearms transactions — raising questions about the legality of the group’s gun buyback program that for years has received accolades.

New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence had championed a bill creating the law, which requires background checks for most private firearms transactions.

“I don’t have anything against the New Mexicans [to Prevent] Gun Violence folks,” San Juan County Sheriff Shane Ferrari said Monday.

“I just need to make sure they’re operating lawfully like everyone else,” added the sheriff, who said he personally doesn’t believe gun buybacks curb crime.

The investigation comes after the organization posted late Saturday on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, it had gone house by house in Farmington to dismantle “unwanted firearms” after the city government pulled the plug on a gun buyback event.

“Our gun buyback was canceled by the City, but local residents asked us to show up anyway,” states the post, which included a photo of several firearms that had been cut in half.

The post, which has generated more than 1 million impressions so far, led to calls for an investigation, including from Rep. Stefani Lord, R-Sandia Park.

New Mexico State Police “should investigate a private party going door to door and sawing people’s guns in half without doing a background check as required for a transfer in New Mexico,” wrote Lord, a staunch gun rights advocate.

She also called for the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office to look into the matter.

“So many crimes committed by this anti-gun group,” Lord wrote.

The organization also came under fire by the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association and others.

“Shoutout to [New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence] for joining forces with the ‘rogue sheriffs’ and ‘bad-faith critics’ by refusing to comply with laws criminalizing private firearm transfers in NM,” the group wrote, referring Please see story on Page A-4

Dawn Apodaca, superintendent of Mountainair Public Schools, addresses the Public Education Department during Monday’s comment session. Apodaca said adding mandatory school days to the district’s calendar would actually decrease the amount of instruction time her students receive in math and reading. “We know that more isn’t better, but better is better,” Apodaca said. PHOTOS BY LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

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IN BRIEF U.S. Steel accepts takeover bid from Japanese rival Nippon Steel U.S. Steel agreed Monday to sell itself to Nippon Steel for $14.1 billion, capping months of speculation about the fate of the American industrial heavyweight.

U.S. Steel, which was formed more than a century ago from a part of Andrew Carnegie’s industrial empire, had been weighing several takeover bids, including one from a domestic rival, Cleveland-Cliffs. A little-known steel producer, Esmark, made an even larger bid — one that was light on details — before withdrawing days later.

In the end, U.S. Steel chose an offer from one of its biggest global competitors that was worth significantly more than Cleveland-Cliffs’ initial offer: Nippon Steel will pay $55 per share in cash, compared with the $35 per share cash-and-stock bid Cleveland-Cliffs made in August.

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Haley slams DeSantis for stumping with ‘anti-Israel Republican’ ALTOONA, Iowa — Nikki Haley denounced Republican presidential rival Ron DeSantis in Iowa on Sunday for campaigning in the state with Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, the lone House Republican who voted last week against a GOP resolution condemning antisemitism on university campuses.

“You can’t be pro-Israel and bring the most anti-Israel Republican into this state, who voted against fighting antisemitism on college campuses,” Haley said. “And that’s who he brought to your state.”

Coming at the end of a campaign event at a suburban Des Moines bar and grill, Haley’s criticism of DeSantis for campaigning with Massie on Saturday marks the increased pressure for the two to emerge from Iowa as the stronger alternative to former President Donald Trump.

Trump is the heavy favorite to win Iowa’s leadoff caucuses Jan. 15. Last week at a campaign event in eastern Iowa, Trump stressed an Iowa blowout would help him rally the party early in the 2024 voting. “The margin of victory is very important, it’s just very important,” Trump told his audience in Coralville.

Delaware man charged with DUI after crash near Biden’s motorcade A man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after crashing his car into a Secret Service SUV that was blocking a Wilmington, Del., intersection for President Joe Biden’s motorcade Sunday night.

Wilmington police said in a statement the crash was an accident. The driver, James Cooper, 46, of Wilmington was also charged with inattentive driving, police said.

Neither the president nor the first lady — who were visiting Biden’s campaign headquarters in Wilmington — were harmed in the incident. No member of the Secret Service was harmed, the agency said.

A video taken at the scene shows a surprised President Biden being rushed back into his car by security as he watches the crash. Another video shows officials approaching the gray sedan that crashed into the black SUV. Secret Service personnel appear to approach the driver, who has his hands up.

Deadly storm batters northeastern U.S. with wind, rain, flooding PORTLAND, Maine — A storm barreled into the Northeastern U.S. on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, forcing flight cancellations and school closures, and killing at least four people.

More than 5 inches of rain had fallen in parts of New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania by midmorning, and parts of several other states got more than 4 inches, according to the National Weather Service. Wind gusts reached nearly 70 mph along the southern New England shoreline.

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Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff pay their respects Monday as the body of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor lies in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court in Washington.

O’Connor remembered as a trailblazer First female justice lies in repose in court where she made history

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WASHINGTON ustice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, was remembered Monday as a trailblazer who never lost sight of how the high court’s decisions affected all Americans.

O’Connor, an Arizona native who was an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism for more than two decades, died Dec. 1 at age 93. Mourners at the court Monday, where her body lay in repose, included Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman to serve in her role, and her husband Doug Emhoff.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke at a private ceremony that included the nine justices and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, as well as O’Connor’s family and court colleagues.

“She would often say, ‘It was good to be the first, but I don’t want to be the last,’ ” Sotomayor said of O’Connor’s distinction as the first woman. She lived to see a record four women serving on the high court.

“For the four us, and for so many others of every background and aspiration, Sandra was a living example that women could take on any challenge, could more than hold their own in any spaces dominated by men and could do so with grace,” Sotomayor said.

O’Connor’s body lay in repose after her casket was carried up the court steps, with her seven grandchildren serving as honorary pallbearers. It passed under the iconic words engraved on the pediment, “Equal Justice Under Law,” before being placed in the court’s Great Hall for the public to pay their respects.

Funeral services are set for Tuesday at Washington National Cathedral, where President Joe Biden and Chief Justice John Roberts are scheduled to speak.

O’Connor was nominated in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the Senate, ending 191 years of male exclusivity on the high court. A rancher’s daughter who was largely unknown on the national scene until her appointment, she received more letters than any other member in the court’s

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history in her first year and would come to be referred to by commentators as the nation’s most powerful woman.

O’Connor had “an extraordinary understanding of the American people” and never lost sight of how high court rulings affected ordinary Americans, Sotomayor said.

She was also instrumental in bringing the justices together with regular lunches, barbecues and trips to the theater.

O’Connor wielded considerable influence on the nine-member court, generally favoring states in disputes with the federal government and often siding with police when they faced claims of violating people’s rights. Her impact could perhaps best be seen, though, on the court’s rulings on abortion. She twice helped form the majority in decisions that upheld and reaffirmed Roe v. Wade, the decision that said women have a constitutional right to abortion.

Thirty years after that decision, a more conservative court overturned Roe, and the opinion was written by the man who took her place, Justice Samuel Alito.

She was a top-ranked graduate of Stanford’s law school in 1952, but quickly discovered that most large law firms at the time did not hire women. One Los Angeles firm offered her a job as a secretary.

She built a career that included service as a member of the Arizona Legislature and a state judge before her appointment to the Supreme Court at age 51.

O’Connor retired at age 75, citing her husband’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease as her primary reason for leaving the court. John O’Connor died three years later, in 2009. After her retirement, she expressed regret a woman had not been chosen to replace her.

She remained active, sitting as a judge on several federal appeals courts, advocating for judicial independence and serving on the Iraq Study Group. President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

The last justice who lay in repose at the court was Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second female justice. After her death in 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic, mourners passed by her casket outside the building, on the portico at the top of the steps.

Marvel Studios cuts ties after Majors’ guilty verdict

By Rachel Tashjian and Wesley Parnell The Washington Post

NEW YORK — Jonathan Majors, the star of Creed III and several Marvel productions, was found guilty of one harassment count — a violation — and one misdemeanor assault charge stemming from a dispute he had with his then-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari.

A New York jury also found Majors not guilty of a second misdemeanor assault charge and of an additional, more serious charge of aggravated

harassment. Because he was found guilty of assault in the third degree, a misdemeanor in New York, Majors faces up to one year in jail for attacking Jabbari in March in the back Jonathan of a chauffeured Majors car. He also faces up to three years probation. His sentencing is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 6.

Members of Majors’ family and his girlfriend, Meagan Good, were in court Monday as the jury rendered its verdict. The actor slumped and looked down after the guilty verdicts were read.

The jury began deliberations Thursday afternoon. Jabbari was not in court when the verdict was read.

Following Majors’ conviction, Marvel Studios announced it was ending ties with Majors, who previously played a prominent role as Kang in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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In 2015, while working as an undergraduate researcher at the North Carolina Zoo, Laura Lewis became friends with a male chimpanzee named Kendall. Whenever she visited the chimps, Kendall would gently take her hands and inspect her fingernails.

Then she disappeared for the summer to study baboons in Africa.

When she returned to North Carolina, she wondered if Kendall would still remember her face. Sure enough, as soon as she stepped into his enclosure, Kendall raced up and gestured to look at her hands.

“The feeling I got was that he clearly remembered me after four months away,” said Lewis, now a comparative psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley. “But I didn’t have the data to prove it.”

Now she believes that she does. In a study published Monday, Lewis and her colleagues have demonstrated chimpanzees and the closely related bonobos can recall faces of other apes they have not seen for years. One bonobo recognized a face after 26 years — a record for facial memory beyond our species.

Lewis and her colleagues carried out the study on 26 apes kept at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, the Kumamoto Sanctuary in Japan and the Planckendael Zoo in Belgium. At each facility, the researchers rolled up a computer to the apes’ enclosure fence and displayed images of animals on the monitor. A straw attached to the fence allowed the apes to drink juice as they gazed at the photos.

After giving the apes a few months to acclimate to the unusual setup, Lewis and her colleagues began their experiment. As the animals sipped their juice, the computer displayed pairs of ape faces for three seconds at a time. In every pair, one of the faces was a stranger and the other an old companion whom the ape had not seen for years.

The scientists used an infrared camera to film the animals’ eye movements.

If the apes had no memory of their old companions, the scientists expected them to spend equal time glancing at both pictures.

But that’s not what the researchers found. The apes consistently spent more time looking at their former companions.

A 46-year-old bonobo named Louise at the Kumamoto Sanctuary demonstrated the oldest memories. Until 1992, she lived at the San Diego Zoo with her sister and her nephew. Then she moved to the Cincinnati Zoo before coming to the Kumamoto Sanctuary in 2014. In 2019, Lewis and her colleagues found Louise gazed longer at her long-lost relatives’ faces than at those of apes she had never met, even after being separated for more than 26 years.

Lewis cautioned tracking eye movements gives only a limited glimpse inside the minds of the apes. “We can’t fully characterize what their memories look like,” she said.

But the researchers did find one tantalizing clue suggesting fond memories might remain strong over the years. The apes spent a little more time looking at the faces of animals they once had positive experiences with, according to ratings submitted by zoo caretakers.

Lewis speculates apes might benefit from these durable memories. A female bonobo, for example, will typically leave her mother’s group to join another group for the rest of her life. If the two groups encounter one another years later, she may be able to form an alliance with old acquaintances.

The experiment doesn’t put a limit on the duration of the animals’ memories.

It’s possible they remember faces as long as we do.

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Abbott signs law letting Texas arrest migrants Trump speaks about ‘invasion’ of migrants violated the U.S. Constitution and would encourage racial profiling.

Some border sheriffs have also BROWNSVILLE, Texas — opposed the legislation, expressGov. Greg Abbott on Monday ing concern it could rapidly escalated his challenge of Presioverwhelm the local jails and dent Joe Biden’s border policies courts if even a fraction of those by signing a measure that allows who come over the border every Texas law enforcement officials day were arrested. In just one to arrest migrants who enter the section of the 1,254-mile Texas state from Mexico without legal border with Mexico, around authorization, setting the stage the cities of Eagle Pass and Del for a showdown with the federal Rio, federal agents encountered government.

38,000 migrants in October.

Abbott pushed for the legisThe surge of migrants has lation, which passed in a special become a political liability for session of the Republican-dominated state Legislature last month Biden, who has been criticized

by Republicans and some Demover the strong objections of ocrats for the record number of Democrats, immigrant rights arrivals at the southern border groups and Hispanic organizations who argued the measure under his watch.

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In signing the law, Abbott, a third-term Republican, took his most direct step yet in challenging the Biden administration over federal immigration policy, which is currently being negotiated between the president and Congress.

“Biden’s deliberate inaction has left Texas to fend for itself,” Abbott said during a bill-signing event at the border wall in Brownsville.

The Texas law takes effect in March and is likely to wind through the courts in subsequent months, just as presidential and congressional campaigns intensify. Legal experts have said the legislation could create the opportunity for the U.S. Supreme

Court to revisit a 2012 case, Arizona v. United States, that was narrowly decided in favor of the power of the federal government to set immigration policy.

Over the past two years, Abbott has steadily escalated a multibillion-dollar program of state-level border enforcement, known as Operation Lone Star, deploying thousands of National Guard troops and state police on a mission to indefinitely patrol the border.

Under the program, state police have arrested thousands of migrants on misdemeanor charges of trespassing. But those arrests could be conducted only on private land, and with the consent of the landowner.

Biden deepens Congress engagement Dispute on Ukraine aid spurs outreach across aisle over border policy

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WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff Jeff Zients recently heard from a powerful Democratic senator that steep levels of migration at the U.S.-Mexico border had become, in a word, untenable.

So when Zients dialed Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, this month for a temperature check on the ongoing border talks, the senator was candid.

“I told him I thought the current situation is unsustainable, and the Democrats need to be part of the solution,” Durbin said. President Joe Biden’s top aide signaled the White House felt the same way, stressing to Durbin “we have to engage with the Republicans and see if there’s some middle ground,” according to the senator’s retelling.

That conversation between Zients and Durbin is just one of the several calls the White House chief of staff has been making to key lawmakers in recent days. The efforts underscore how top Biden administration officials have considerably ramped up their involvement with Capitol Hill as the fate of Biden’s emergency spending request for Ukraine remains in the balance.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, along with senior officials from the White House and the Department of Homeland Security, have spent hours behind closed doors haggling over the intricacies of immigration policy alongside senators trying to reach a border deal.

Zients himself dropped by one of those meetings at the Capitol last week, reiterating to the negotiators Biden’s plea to find a solution. And the White House chief of staff has been talking regularly with Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford, the chief GOP negotiator. It’s a level of engagement that has heartened Republicans who had pushed for Biden to get more involved.

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with polls showing disapproval of his handling of the border and Democratic-led cities straining to accommodate the newcomers. The Biden administration has struggled to manage a major influx of migrants, including record numbers of parents traveling with children.

Experts disputed the use of the term “invasion” to describe the situation, and advocates for immigrants have criticized Trump and other GOP officials for their use of such words, noting most are fleeing persecution or poverty and seeking humanitarian protection.

During his speech Sunday, Trump reiterated in a second term he would launch the “largest deportation operation in American history.”

He falsely portrayed immigrants as coming from “mental institutions and insane asylums” and pledged to “shift massive portions of federal law enforcement to immigration enforcement” with “strong ideological screening.”

Trump has made hard-line immigration policies a key focus of his pitch for a second term, and he has said he would “close the border.”

During a recent town hall with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Trump took it a step further, saying he would not be a dictator, “except for Day One,” before going on to declare he wanted to “close the border” and “drill, drill, drill.”

By Marianne Levine and Maria Sacchetti The Washington Post

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday accused undocumented immigrants of waging an “invasion” of the United States in a speech that highlighted his frequent use of dehumanizing language and exaggerated terms to describe many foreigners seeking to enter the country.

During a campaign event in Reno, Nev., the clear polling leader in the Republican race blamed President Joe Biden for what he portrayed as a dangerous incursion on the homeland — though many migrants detained at the southern border are parents and children seeking protection, and studies show undocumented immigrants are less likely than U.S. citizens to commit crimes.

“This is an invasion. This is like a military invasion,” Trump said. “Drugs, criminals, gang members and terrorists are pouring into our country at record levels. We’ve never seen anything like it. They’re taking over our cities.”

Trump has drawn renewed criticism over his rhetoric toward undocumented immigrants, and Saturday, he accused them in a speech and in a social media post of “poisoning the blood” of the country.

That language has caused alarm among some civil rights

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Republicans, who control the House and can block legislation in the Senate, say a deal is not possible without significant White House buy-in. Having Biden’s senior aides actively participate in the talks sends a message the president is willing to cut a border deal that could make some in his own party uncomfortable.

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“I think an important change is that we now have all the entities at the table,” said Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., one of the lawmakers who has been negotiating a border deal. “The White House is involved in these negotiations as a full partner, and that’s important. It shows a level of seriousness and intention to solve this crisis.”

When Zients has spoken to Lankford, he has urged him and other Republicans to stick with the border negotiations because aid for Ukraine is so vital, according to an administration official.

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posed rule changes that would require 180 days of instruction for all schools beginning in 2024-25 and impose new accreditation requirements.

Many speakers were clear in their disdain for the proposal, arguing the 180-day requirement would drive teachers out of the workforce and whittle away at local control of schools.

Their remarks were bolstered by nearly 3,000 public comments submitted electronically.

“This rule will do nothing to address the issues our students in public schools face,” said Steve Siañez, a spokesman for the state chapter of the National Education Association.

“It does nothing to change chronic absenteeism. It does nothing to ensure our students are provided with a quality and sufficient education. It does nothing to address the ongoing educator shortage.”

The Public Education Department believes the proposed rule changes are necessary to account for statutory requirements, Cabinet Secretary Arsenio Romero said in a recent interview.

In particular, the rule requiring 180 instructional days was intended to ensure the department’s policy complied with House Bill 130, a law passed during this year’s legislative session that required all public schools to provide 1,140 hours of learning time per year, including teacher professional development time.

However, teachers, lawmakers and school officials have overwhelmingly criticized the proposed change as both an affront to local control and contrary to HB 130.

Monday’s public hearing was an opportunity to voice dissatisfaction with the proposal, but it wasn’t a time for critics to discuss the issue with state education officials.

A large sign taped outside the Public Education Department’s headquarters in Santa Fe made that clear.

“The purpose of the hearing is to receive public comment, and not engage in debate regarding the merits of the proposed rulemaking, and the department will not respond, make comments, or answer questions during this proceeding,” the sign said.

Instead, officials will sift through and respond to public comments before the official promulgation of the rules.

Commenters had two minutes to address hearing officer Denise Terrazas, the Public Education Department’s director of policy and legislative affairs, and other department officials.

Romero did not attend the hearing.

One of the major critiques of the proposal requiring 180 days of instruction: It would drive teachers away from their classrooms and, in some cases, the profession, particularly in rural areas.

A study by New Mexico State University’s Southwest Outreach Academic Research Evaluation and Policy Center found the state is currently lacking 751 teachers. Critics of the proposal fear doing away with the four-day school week could drastically increase that number.

Lee White, superintendent of Loving Municipal Schools, said he expected to lose about a quarter of his staff if the 180-day requirement were to be put in place.

Superintendent Ronald Hendrix of Socorro Consolidated Schools said a poll of his staff indicated 34% would leave the profession if required to shift to a five-day week.

And Anita Romero, superintendent of Wagon Mound Public Schools, said her district’s four-day week was a primary factor in recruiting all but two of her teachers.

“I have two teachers that reside in Wagon Mound; the rest of them travel,” she told officials Monday.

“Adding an extra day of travel is going to kill the school.”

Lisa Christopherson, an experienced special education teacher, said she drives nearly 140 miles round trip each day from her home in Albuquerque’s South Valley to Nina Otero Community School in Santa Fe. She passes two high schools, three elementary schools and two charter schools within a mile of her home to work at what she called a “wonderful school.”

But that drive gets tiresome.

“I have options, and I have choices,” Christopherson said. “Everyone in this room has options and choices — and so do our parents.”

Even schools that operate more than 180 days are against the rule, said Jim Maes, a teacher and president of the Las Cruces branch of the National Education Association.

Maes’ school year of more than 180 days ends in June and restarts in July, which he said is a recipe for teacher burnout and hasn’t helped chronic absenteeism.

He also said he worries the 180-day requirement will chip away at the authority of school districts to make decisions for their communities without yielding the desired results.

“If they were really going to look at real issues, they would look at class size. They would look at community schools,” Maes said. “But currently, it’s always about the days.”

Morale low as Ukraine sets in for gloomy winter After counteroffensive stall and aid slowdown, experts predict another stalemate for next several months

By Samya Kullab

The Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — A gloomy mood hangs over Ukraine’s soldiers nearly two years after Russia invaded their country.

Despite a disappointing counteroffensive this summer and signs of wavering financial support from allies, Ukrainian soldiers say they remain fiercely determined to win. But as winter approaches, they worry Russia is better equipped for battle and are frustrated about being on the defensive again in a grueling war. Some doubt the judgment of their leaders.

Discontent among Ukrainian soldiers — once extremely rare and expressed only in private — is now more common and out in the open.

In the southern city of Kherson, where Ukraine is staging attacks against well-armed Russian troops on the other side of the Dnieper River, soldiers are asking why these difficult amphibious operations were not launched months ago in warmer weather.

“I don’t understand,” said a commander of the 11th National Guard Brigade’s anti-drone unit who is known on the battlefield as Boxer. “Now it’s harder and colder.”

“It’s not just my feeling; many units share it,” said Boxer, who spoke on condition only his battlefield name would

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Ukrainian soldiers practice on a tank during training earlier this month.

be used.

Russia, which illegally annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, controls about one-fifth of Ukraine. After 22 months of war the two countries are essentially in a stalemate along the 620 mile-long front line.

Russian forces aim to push deeper into eastern Ukraine this winter, analysts say, so that Russian President Vladimir Putin can cite this momentum as he campaigns for reelection, an outcome that is all but certain.

Emboldened by recent gains on the battlefield, Putin said last week that he remains fully committed to the war and criticized Ukraine for “sacrificing” troops to demonstrate success to Western sponsors.

In the United States, which has already spent some $111 billion defending Ukraine, President Joe Biden is advocating for an additional $50 billion in aid. But Republican lawmakers are balking at more support — just as some lawmakers in Europe are on the fence about providing another $50 billion to Ukraine, after failing to deliver on promised ammunition.

“The reason the Ukrainians are gloomy is that, they now sense, not only have they not done well this year ... they know that the Russians’ game is improving,” said Richard Barrons, a former British army general. “They see what’s happening in Congress, and they see what happened in the EU.” Ukraine may be on the defensive this

winter, but its military leaders say they have no intention of letting up the fight.

“If we won’t have a single bullet, we will kill them with shovels,” said Serhii, a commander in the 59th Brigade that is active in the eastern city of Avdiivka and who spoke on condition that only his first name be used. “Surely, everyone is tired of war, physically and mentally. But imagine if we stop — what happens next?”

The fatigue and frustration on the battlefield are mirrored in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, where disagreements among leaders have recently spilled out into the open.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last month publicly disputed the assessment by Ukraine’s military chief, Valery Zaluzhny, the war had reached a stalemate. And the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, has repeatedly lashed out at Zelenskyy, saying he holds too much power.

Disquiet in the halls of power appears to have filtered down to the military’s rank and file, who increasingly have misgivings about inefficiency and faulty decision-making within the bureaucracy they depend on to keep them well-armed for the fight.

The limited momentum Ukraine’s forces had during their summertime counteroffensive has slowed — from the forests in the northeast, to the urban centers in the east, to the slushy farmland in the south.

With Russia hoping to take the initiative this winter, Ukraine is mainly focused on standing its ground, according to interviews with a half dozen military commanders along the vast front line.

Poll finds wide disapproval of Biden’s handling of Gaza

By Jonathan Weisman, Ruth Igielnik and Alyce McFadden The New York Times

Voters broadly disapprove of the way President Joe Biden is handling the bloody strife between Israelis and Hamas, a New York Times/Siena College poll has found, with younger Americans far more critical than older voters of both Israel’s conduct and of the administration’s response to the war in the Gaza Strip.

Voters are also sending mixed signals about the direction U.S. policymaking should take as the Israel-Hamas war grinds into its third month, with Israelis still reeling from the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, thousands of Palestinian deaths in Gaza and the Biden administration trying to pressure Israel to scale back its military campaign. Nearly as many Americans want

Israel to continue its military campaign as want it to stop now to avoid further civilian casualties.

That split appears to leave the president with few politically palatable options.

The findings of the Times/ Siena poll hold portents not only for Biden as he enters the 2024 reelection year but also for long-term relations between the Jewish state and its most powerful benefactor, the United States.

The fractured views on the conflict among traditionally Democratic voter groups show the continued difficulty Biden faces of holding together the coalition he built in 2020 — a challenge likely to persist even as economic indicators grow more positive and legal troubles swirl around his expected opponent, former President Donald Trump.

Overall, registered voters

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say they favor Trump over Biden in next year’s presidential election by two percentage points, 46% to 44%. The president’s job approval rating has slid to 37%, down two points from July.

But there is considerable uncertainty over whether disaffected voters will even vote.

While it is still early, the race is flipped among the likely electorate, with Biden leading by two percentage points.

Voters between 18 and 29 years old, traditionally a heavily Democratic demographic, jump out. Nearly three-quarters of them disapprove of the way Biden is handling the conflict in Gaza. And among registered voters, they say they would vote for Trump by 49% to 43%; in July, those young voters backed Biden by 10 percentage points.

“I don’t want to vote for someone who is not aligned

ning on the end of its campaign.

Austin, making his second visit to Israel since the deadly Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks, met with Gallant, Israeli Prime Continued from Page A-1 Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials to discuss in detail and expanded to a broad swath of the how Israeli forces could transition to a south. more precise phase of the war.

“Soon, we will be able to distinguish Asked about the timeline of Israel’s between different areas in Gaza,” he said. campaign — a subject of discussions “In every area where we achieve our mission, we will be able to transition grad- among U.S. officials in recent days — Austin said, “This is Israel’s operation, ually to the next phase and start working and I’m not here to dictate timelines or on bringing back the local population.” terms.” He added U.S. support for IsraThat could “be achieved maybe el’s right to defend itself was “ironclad” sooner in the north than in the south,” and “not going to change.” he said — but warned he was only The Biden administration envisions trying to convey “an idea of what we are the next phase would involve smaller discussing.”

He added Israel had “no clock” rungroups of elite forces that would move

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to past opposition from law enforcement officials to various gun-control measures the Legislature has considered.

In response, New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence denied a firearm transfer had taken place in Farmington.

“We have been doing this for years,” the organization wrote.

“Often, police give people our phone number when they want to turn in an unwanted firearm.

This doesn’t violate any background check laws as there is no transfer of firearms. We simply dismantle them. All that is left is wood and metal.”

In recent years, New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence has hosted numerous buyback events — including several in Santa Fe — in partnership with law enforcement agencies.

People disposing of weapons often are offered gift cards in exchange for their guns.

Police officers check each firearm collected — to ensure it is unloaded and determine whether it was stolen — before

handing it over to the group for destruction.

In an interview Monday, Miranda Viscoli, co-president of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence, reiterated transfers didn’t occur in Farmington.

“The majority of participants did not even want a gift card,” she said. “The one that did received a gift card after all guns were completely dismantled and destroyed.”

Viscoli said she didn’t understand the dispute.

“I find it curious that out of the over 2,000 guns we have destroyed, with 40% being semi-automatic firearms, that these nine guns would cause such an uproar,” she said.

“It is ironic that people are talking more about nine unwanted working firearms being destroyed in Farmington but not talking about the very real problem of gun violence in Farmington,” Viscoli added.

At issue is a bill passed by the Legislature in 2019.

The bill, signed into law by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, requires a background check when conducting a sale of a firearm. It allows for four exceptions, including sales involving a law enforcement

with my own personal values, as Biden has shown he is not when it comes to Gaza,” said Colin Lohner, a 27-year-old software engineer in San Francisco. But, he asked, “Do I vote for Biden or do I not vote at all? That’s really difficult because if I don’t vote for Biden, I open up the possibility that Trump will win, and I really do not want that.”

The electorate appears to be of two minds on what should come next, a cease-fire or a continuing campaign against Hamas, whose terrorist attack Oct. 7 killed around 1,200 Israelis and set off the conflagration.

Given a choice between two courses of action, a narrow plurality of voters, 44%, said Israel should stop its military campaign to protect against civilian casualties, already totaling nearly 20,000 people killed, according to health

in and out of population centers in Gaza, conducting more precise, intelligence-driven missions to find and kill Hamas leaders, rescue hostages and destroy tunnels.

Speaking to reporters after daylong meetings in Tel Aviv, Israel, Austin called U.S. support for Israel “unshakable,” and endorsed Israel’s campaign to destroy Hamas’ ability to wage military operations. But he also repeated a message he has often made of late: Israel would be left less secure if its combat operations turn more Palestinians in support of Hamas.

“Israel has every right to defend itself,” he said, standing alongside Gallant. “As I’ve said, protecting Palestinian civilians in Gaza is both a moral duty

agency and transactions between immediate family members.

Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth, a Santa Fe Democrat who co-sponsored the 2019 legislation, said the intent of the law was never to require background checks when someone seeks to destroy their own gun.

“Ultimately, it would be up to the courts to review the specific facts and statutory language assuming there is a challenge to the law,” he said in a statement.

Ferrari doesn’t believe the law includes an exception for the advocacy organization.

“Reviewing the law I do not see where they are exempt from having to undergo a background check and are required to like anyone else,” he wrote in a Facebook post. “A sale is taking place (gift cards $100 and up), it is advertised as a purchase and called a ‘buy back.’ “ Ferrari said he’s waiting for an opinion from the Attorney General’s Office.

A spokeswoman for Attorney General Raúl Torrez did not return a message seeking comment.

authorities in Gaza. A similar number, 39%, advised the opposite course: Israel should continue its military campaign even if it means civilian casualties in Gaza mount.

Most young voters, however, responded to question after question with answers showing they see the worst in Israel.

Few of them believe Israelis are serious about peace with the Palestinians. Nearly half say Israel is intentionally killing civilians. Nearly three-fourths say Israel is not taking enough precautions to avoid civilian casualties. And a majority oppose additional economic and military aid to Israel.

The broader electorate, by contrast, takes a much more pro-Israel view.

Still, fully 48% of all voters surveyed said they believed Israel was not taking enough precautions to avoid civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip.

and a strategic imperative.”

Austin’s comments came a day after Netanyahu vowed to “fight to the end” in Gaza even as public outcry over the Israeli military’s accidental killings of three hostages raised new questions about how it is conducting the war.

While U.S. officials have not publicly discussed a timetable, privately they say Biden wants Israel to switch to more precise tactics in about three weeks.

Austin will continue his travels through the Middle East this week. He is expected to visit Bahrain and later Qatar, where the Pentagon operates a major command center at Al Udeid air base. The Qatari government has helped facilitate the release of hostages seized by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks.

“In the law, it says anything of ‘consideration,’ which means anything of value,” Ferrari said. “People expect to give up their gun and get something in return. It’s a sale. But the law says that a background check has to take place prior to possession, so there’s no backgrounds being done, but a transaction is being made.”

Ferrari described gun buyback programs as a waste of taxpayer dollars.

“You can get rid of it yourself,” he said. “You can go buy a chop saw and do it yourself.

The government’s going to pay $200, $300 for a gun that a pawn shop won’t even buy from you because it’s such a piece of junk.”

Lord accused New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence of repeatedly advocating for gun laws she said primarily punish legal gun owners.

“Ironically, they may have criminally violated the very laws they campaigned for,” she said, citing Ferrari’s investigation.

Lord also questioned whether the organization checked with the National Crime Information Center to determine whether the guns it

dismantled had been stolen or used in a crime.

“Based on the pictures NMPGV showed on social media about the buyback,” she said, “it appears they may now have illegal short-barreled rifles in their possession.”

Viscoli said she felt obligated to travel to Farmington after City Manager Rob Mayes announced he was suspending the gun buyback event last week. Mayes said he and the city’s police chief determined it was apparent “the program had not received enough advance education and community collaboration prior to scheduling this event,” based on questions from the public.

Viscoli said the buyback event had been in the works for more than two years.

“There were four different people who really wanted to get rid of firearms for safety reasons,” she said. “I felt it was my moral obligation to follow through on that, so I went to their homes — in front of them, with a chop saw, made sure the guns weren’t loaded and cut them up. That is all we did.”

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Blessings

Same-sex couples receive blessings in front of Germany’s Cologne Cathedral in September. German, Belgian and Swiss priests had conducted the blessings for years before Monday’s official Vatican approval.

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unions. But it offers guidelines for offering benedictions to people in same-sex relationships and explicitly gives permission to “ordained ministers” to conduct such blessings, while asking priests to use their own “prudent and fatherly discernment” to decide when doing so is appropriate.

Couples in “irregular situations” as well as “couples of the same sex” may receive priestly blessings, the Vatican said, so these “human relationships may mature and grow in fidelity to the Gospel.”

“With its untiring wisdom and motherly care, the Church welcomes all who approach God with humble hearts, accompanying them with those spiritual aids that enable everyone to understand and realize God’s will fully in their existence,” the Vatican said.

The document departs from a 2021 Vatican statement that confirmed a ban on blessing same-sex unions, calling them not “even remotely analogous to God’s plan for marriage and family.” At the time, the ruling dashed the hopes of gay Catholics and seemed to indicate the limits of Francis’s reformist intentions.

But since then, Francis had only mildly reprimanded priests in Western Europe

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who ventured to defy the ban. And he removed the conservative officials said to be the architects of the 2021 decision and appointed a fellow Argentine and ally, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, to the head the ministry in charge of Vatican doctrine. Fernández signed Monday’s decree.

“The Vatican’s new declaration is a huge a step forward for the church’s ministry for LGBTQ people,” said the Rev. James Martin, an American priest who ministers to the LGBTQ+ community and was handpicked as a delegate

by Francis. “It provides guidelines, and it leaves a lot of it up to the minister. But this is a gift to LGBTQ Catholics and the

document itself is a blessing.”

The global Catholic Church, with 1.3 billion adherents, is deeply divided on the issue of homosexuality. Liberal German, Belgian and Swiss priests have conducted same-sex blessings for years, prompting denouncements from conservative Catholic voices in the United States, while some Catholic bishops in Africa have refused to oppose legislation imposing the death penalty for homosexual acts.

The ruling Monday, a declaration titled “Fiducia Supplicans,” again demonstrated how Francis has become less cautious and more willing to move against his conservative critics in the latter stage of his papacy. This year, he

has decried the “strong reactionary attitude” among American conservative Catholics; removed one critic, Texas Bishop Joseph Strickland; and stripped another, U.S. Cardinal Raymond Burke, of his traditional privileges.

Francis began to open a door to the gay community shortly after becoming pope, declaring, “Who am I to judge?” when asked about gay priests. He has invited LGBTQ+ advocates to the Vatican, supported national laws for samesex civil unions and called on church leaders to welcome gay Catholics.

Some conservatives noted Monday while the document was being taken as broad acceptance of same-sex blessings, the new guidelines still don’t condone the most controversial practices in countries such as Germany, where some Catholic priests have overseen marriage-like ceremonies for same-sex couples. The document specifically notes “this blessing should never be imparted in concurrence with the ceremonies of a civil union, and not even in connection with them. Nor can it be performed with any clothing, gestures, or words that are proper to a wedding.”

But Martin and others interpreted the text as standing permission to hold such services inside Catholic churches, as long as they were framed in ways that avoided a reference to a Catholic sacrament or liturgical ritual.

Conservative Catholics expressed

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marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

The blessing cannot be sacramental or resemble wedding rites, the document says, reiterating the Church still views homosexuality as sinful, as it does any sexual relationship outside marriage.

But those who sin should not be denied God’s love and mercy, the document says.

On that point, Santa Fe Archbishop John C. Wester agrees.

“I think it’s a wonderful decision the pope has made, and I support it completely,” Wester said in an interview Monday.

“God loves us all. That is what the pope is saying.”

This more open policy is typical of a pope trying to make the church more welcoming, he said, and encouraging clergy not to act as judges “who only deny, reject and exclude.”

Priests at local parishes either couldn’t be reached for comment

Monday on the pope’s policy change or deferred to the archdiocese.

Wester has previously supported the LGBTQ+ community.

In 2022, he and six other bishops signed a statement supporting LGBTQ+ youth, who often are ostracized and bullied.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops also was aligned with the pope’s views.

“The Church’s teaching on marriage has not changed,” the conference said in a statement.

“This declaration affirms that, while also making an effort to accompany people through the imparting of pastoral blessings because each of us needs God’s healing love and mercy in our lives.”

Not all area clergy support the new policy, however.

The Rev. Bill Sanchez, 70, the former head of St. Joseph Catholic Church in the village of Cerrillos, said he was “very disappointed” with the pope

the church’s more staunchly conservative leaders. In a 2021 note, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said outright the encouraging blessings of samechurch couldn’t bless gay unions sex couples. because “God cannot bless sin.”

“You can’t bless what is sin,” That document stirred an said Sanchez, who recently outcry, prompting the pope to retired. “If any union, civil or remove the official responsible otherwise, cannot be married in for publishing it and to set about the sacrament of the Church, that reversing it. union is not valid. It is immoral.

Wester said bestowing a pastoral Kind of like blessing mortal sin. I blessing on a same-sex couple don’t believe that’s possible.” should be considered a routine act.

Sanchez contends the pope is Pastoral blessings can be leading the church away from its bestowed for many things, he traditional path and belief system. said. Someone might want one to help ensure a safe out-of-town Sanchez echoed the views of

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indignation. The right-wing Catholic outlet LifeSite News described the decision as “in contradiction to the unchangeable Catholic teaching that the Church cannot bless sinful relationships.” The Catholic church official teachings still describe homosexuality as “intrinsically disordered.”

“This document is scandalous and wrong, because of one underlying reason: You’re not blessing an individual who wants to change his life, as much as the couple that objectively lives in sin and has no intention of getting out of that,” said Roberto de Mattei, president of the conservative Catholic Lepanto Foundation. “I think this document will chiefly supply munitions to the most radical among Francis opposers … a minority convinced that Pope Francis’s words and gestures amount to heresy.”

In a significant way, however, the declaration simply expanded on the teachings of Francis already issued in September, when the Vatican made public the pope’s official response to conservative clerics, including Burke, who had demanded he clarify the church’s position on same-sex blessings.

In the response, dated Sept. 25, Francis wrote there are “situations” that may not be “morally acceptable” but where a priest can assess, on a case-by-case basis, whether blessings may be given — as long as such blessings are kept separate from the sacrament of marriage.

trip, in which case a priest would say a short prayer and then give the blessing, he said.

Although such blessings are informal, it’s still quite significant the Church now allows them for gay couples, he added.

If people ask for a blessing, it shows they are faithful and God is a part of their lives, he said, so that should be enough to merit

receiving it.

“We may not agree from a moral point of view on every single thing people do according to our church teaching,” Wester said, “but we’re a pluralistic society. So I think this is a very positive thing.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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More than 40 Republican members of Congress signed a letter last week demanding that Lloyd Austin, the defense secretary, stop the removal of the monument. They argued that the memorial did not commemorate the Confederate States of America but rather the “reconciliation and national unity” between North and South.

The memorial, they wrote, was commissioned by the government to honor the “country’s shared reconciliation from its troubled divisions” and complemented a previous gesture in which Confederate remains were relocated to the national cemetery.

The United Daughters of the Confederacy began planning for the memorial in 1906, said James Grossman, the executive director of the American Historical Association. The group, composed of descendants of men who had served in the armed forces or government of the Confederacy, raised money for scores of monuments and memorials that presented a romanticized view of the Confederacy and a sanitized take on slavery.

By Karla Adam, Ben Brasch and Matthew Cappucci The Washington Post

A volcano began erupting in southwestern Iceland, with magma breaching the surface north of the town of Grindavik, the country’s meteorological office said Monday evening.

In livestreamed footage of the eruption, plumes of red smoke billow up from scorching white lava — all cast against the pitchblack Icelandic night.

The meteorological office said an “earthquake storm” on the Reykjanes Peninsula preceded the eruption, which began about 10:15 p.m. local time about 2½ miles northeast of Grindavik. Coast guard authorities were investigating.

Police ordered the nearly 4,000 residents of Grindavik to leave Nov. 10, after scientific measurements determined that a tunnel of magma had extended underneath the coastal town. Grindavik is not far from Iceland’s famous Blue Lagoon geothermal spa resort, which has been closed as a safety precaution.

The lava appeared to be moving north, away from Grindavik, according to an X post from the Lava Centre museum.

It isn’t clear how much damage the eruption will cause, Icelandic President Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson posted on Facebook. He said his priority is to save human life but

authorities would do all they could to protect structures.

Iceland — nicknamed the Land of Fire and Ice — is a hot spot for volcanic activity thanks to its position over tectonic plates that are moving in opposite directions, allowing magma to rise. The country has more than 30 active volcanic systems.

But this was the first time in half a century that a sizable populated area had to be fully evacuated in anticipation of an eruption. The long-gestating threat of eruption raised fears of destructive lava flows, though scientists played down the potential for significant disruption of global travel or decrease in air quality in the Northern Hemisphere.

Magma shifting under Earth’s crust had produced tens of thousands of earthquakes in the area in October and November, damaging buildings and splitting open roads, leaving some impassable.

“All volcanoes are kind of humbling, but a volcano that appears whenever it wants to is really humbling,” Robin Andrews, a volcanologist, science writer and author of the book Super Volcanoes, said before Monday’s eruption. “We might think we are all mighty and powerful, but we can’t predict what will happen, and, when it does, we just have to deal with it. These fissures can just open up. It’s crazy. It’s like sorcery or something.”

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Hours after workers began removing a towering Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, a federal judge issued an order temporarily halting the effort to dismantle one of the country’s most prominent monuments to the Confederacy on public land.

The memorial has been criticized for its sanitized depiction of slavery, and the plan to remove it from the country’s most famous cemetery is part of a militarywide effort to take down Confederate symbols from bases, ships and other facilities. Dozens of Republican lawmakers have opposed removing the memorial.

On Monday, as the work to remove the monument was getting underway, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order that had been requested by a group called Defend Arlington.

The group, which is affiliated with an organization called Save Southern Heritage Florida, sued the Defense Department in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Sunday, arguing that the Pentagon had rushed its decision to take down the monument and that it had circumvented federal law by not preparing an environmental-impact statement. It also said that the work would damage the surrounding graves and

for the cemetery said the disassembly work, which was expected to take several days, began Monday morning before it was halted when the judge’s order was issued.

“The Army is complying with the restraining order and has ceased the work begun this morning,” the spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

The memorial was the latest such monument to be targeted for removal since the public backlash in 2020 against Confederate statues after the killing of George Floyd. That movement fueled a push in Congress to establish the Naming Commission in 2021 to devise a plan to rid the military of statues and monuments commemorating the Confederacy.

The Defense Department mandated the Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery be removed by Jan. 1, 2024.

It will go into storage until its fate is determined, the cemetery spokesperson said.

The monument was funded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, a group that took a prominent role in mythologizing the Civil War as a “lost cause,” depicting the Confederacy’s rebellion as a noble defense of Southern values and painting slavery as benign. Like other monuments that the group funded, the Arlington memorial promotes the false narrative of the “loyal slave,” which has been used to justify and perpetuate white supremacy.

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BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s weekend snap election was held in “unjust conditions,” with multiple reports of irregularities, international observers said Monday, as opponents of populist President Aleksandar Vucic took to the streets claiming the vote was rigged.

Political tensions spiked in the Balkan country over the parliamentary and local elections Sunday. In Belgrade, several thousand people gathered in front of the state election commission headquarters, chanting “thieves,” as opposition leaders moved to lodge formal complaints claiming fraud in the city election.

“We have hundreds and hundreds of complaints, said opposition politician Marinika Tepic.

She and several other opposition politicians will camp inside the building that’s the seat of the state election commission. “We will stay here for a while.”

At one point, protesters broke through a fence surrounding the building, and one young woman tried to storm the entrance. Protesters threw eggs, tomatoes and rolls of toilet paper at the building.

Vucic’s ruling Serbian Progressive Party won the parliamentary vote, an early official count confirmed. However, in the Belgrade local election, an opposition group said it was robbed, would not recognize the results and would demand a rerun of the ballot.

The Serbian president appeared on state RTS television Monday evening, stating that the “election was fair” and that he wanted “to tell the people not to worry … peace, law and order will prevail.”

In a preliminary statement, a mission made up of representatives of international rights watchdogs said the vote was “marred by harsh rhetoric, bias in the media, pressure on public sector employees and misuse of public resources.”

“Election day was smoothly conducted but was marked by numerous procedural deficiencies, including inconsistent application of safeguards during voting and counting, frequent instances of overcrowding, breaches in secrecy of the vote and numerous instances of group voting,” the conclusions said.

Vucic, who has been in power since 2012, has dismissed criticism from his opponents his government curbed democratic freedoms while allowing corruption and organized crime to run rampant.

Under Vucic, Serbia became a candidate for EU membership, but the opposition accuses the bloc of turning a blind eye to the country’s democratic shortcomings in return for stability in the Balkan region, still troubled after the wars of the 1990s.

The election pitted Vucic’s SNS against the Serbia Against Violence opposition alliance, or SPN. Vucic’s party won nearly 47% of the ballots in the parliamentary vote, followed by Serbia Against Violence with 23%, according to a near-complete preliminary tally by the state election commission.

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Following $4.75M sale to ex-Albuquerque golf pro, former St. Francis school going ‘pure boutique’ as hotel

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New owners of the former St. Francis Cathedral School property — vacant since the New Mexico School for the Arts moved out in 2019 — plan to convert it into a 68-room boutique hotel with a restaurant and event space.

The Archdiocese of Santa Fe sold the downtown property at Paseo de Peralta and East Alameda Street to former Albuquerque golf pro Racquel Huslig for $4.75 million in 2021.

Her proposed hotel project includes Andy Duettra, owner of Santa Fe-based AdobeStar, a shortterm rental company, who also was angling for the old Catholic school.

Huslig and business partner Claude “Pete” Edmonds, a retired investment broker, initially didn’t have grand plans for the 2-acre property, which includes a more than 36,000-square-foot, two-story building and 100-space parking lot.

They considered creating a mix of living space and dining.

Duettra said when Huslig first approached him about the property, “it didn’t go anywhere, and she approached us a second time, and it went somewhere.”

Huslig, Duettra and longtime friend Barry Hancock, a founding partner at Cienda Partners, which owns La Fonda on the Plaza, now jointly own the site.

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Developers plan to change the former St. Francis Cathedral School into a hotel and restaurant with event space and eight penthouse suites.

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It was an elementary school book that drew John Taylor-Montoya into the world of archaeology.

The New Mexico native said as a boy he enjoyed archaeological artifacts and stories, and the book Art and Archaeology, which he first read as a child, “encapsulated everything I loved and still love to do.”

Taylor-Montoya will soon hold the top archaeology job in the state. The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs announced Monday it has named him executive director of the Office of Archaeological Studies.

Taylor-Montoya, now a program director for the office, will start his new job Jan. 6.

John He will take over the position previTaylorously held by Eric Blinman, who was Montoya fired by Cultural Affairs Secretary Debra Garcia y Griego in February.

Blinman’s departure after 17 years in the position caused an uproar.

During the 2023 legislative session, more than 100 historians, artists, museum professionals, archaeologists, librarians and other advocates for Blinman sent Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham a letter asking her to withdraw Garcia y Griego’s nomination over Blinman’s firing.

The Senate Rules Committee voted to recommend her confirmation earlier this year, and the full Senate is expected to vote on the recommendation during the 2024 session, scheduled to start in January.

Blinman filed a federal lawsuit against Garcia y Griego and others in May alleging he was the victim of age, gender and race discrimination.

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Meteorologists: White Christmas possible for S.F.

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Santa Fe might enjoy a white Christmas this year, or at least a white Christmas Eve. A storm moving in from the Pacific Coast might also bring rain or a mix of rain and snow, meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Albuquerque said in a news briefing Monday.

Forecast models show the storm is likely to hit Western New Mexico sometime Friday.

Rain is likely, with snow in areas above 8,000 feet, as the storm moves eastward, meteorologists said.

“There are uncertainties, though,” said meteorologist Scott Overpeck, adding much will depend on the path the storm takes and how low temperatures drop.

Meteorologist Annette Mokry said in an interview after the briefing the Santa Fe area could get 1 or 2 inches from the storm between Saturday night, when temperatures drop to the freezing mark, and Sunday.

The conditions on Christmas Day are a little tougher to predict, she said, but the system could throw one last punch of precipitation “on its way out the door.”

Mokry expects dry, sunny and cool conditions through the rest of the week after Christmas.

The Santa Fe area also could get rain Wednesday from a weaker storm system. Temperatures are expected to reach up into the high 40s through most of the week, about 5 degrees colder than the average for this time of year, she said.

ABOVE: Lt. Isaiah Gonzales and his brother, paramedic Brett Gonzales, spread out their lunch from Tomasita’s New Mexican Restaurant after owner George Gundrey delivered it to the station Monday.

RIGHT: Gundrey delivers lunch Monday for the crew at Fire Station No. 1. Gundrey and his friend Jai Lakshman brought free lunches to fire stations around the city.

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PNM work continues on Hyde Park Road to be skiing. We’re really trying to close that lane at night so folks who are trying to get up there during the snow season don’t have to deal with it.”

PNM’s utility work on the road led to traffic delays and complaints from motorists this fall as people traveled up the road to hike and view fall foliage.

Chavez said this week’s work — scheduled to end Friday — is a continuation of that project, an initiative that includes rebuilding an electric feeder and rerouting lines to address a recurring issue affecting residents and downtown Santa Fe businesses.

“It’s the same project,” Chavez

A single-engine plane carrying three people made an emergency landing in a field in the Cañoncito area late Monday afternoon after the pilot reportedly struggled with engine troubles, Santa Fe County officials said.

No one was injured in the incident, county spokeswoman Olivia Romo confirmed around 5 p.m., adding she was still awaiting more information from crews on the ground.

Sheriff Adan Mendoza said authorities lost contact with the aircraft after it reported engine trouble, prompting emergency crews to begin searching for it near Lamy.

They found it near Ojo de la Vaca off Interstate 25 southeast of Santa Fe. Sheriff’s office personnel “had eyes on it” around 4:40 p.m., spokeswoman Denise Womack Avila said in an interview Monday evening, and New Mexico State Police arrived and took over the scene about five minutes later.

There was no fire, and the plane was intact, Avila said.

City Manager John Blair said in an email the Piper aircraft took off from Dallas, and the Santa Fe Regional Airport had been its planned destination.

“The pilot did notify the air traffic control tower … that he was experiencing an emergency,” Blair wrote. For details of that communication, Blair referred a reporter to the Federal Aviation Administration, saying “the air traffic control staff are contracted through them.”

State police did not respond to an inquiry seeking details about the incident.

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To minimize traffic delays, lane closures to occur during night hours, with week’s work slated to end Friday

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Traffic moves slowly through a construction zone just below Ten Thousand Waves on Hyde Park Road in October. PNM is planning another round of construction on the road and says crews will perform the work during night hours.

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Public Service Company of New Mexico is planning another round of projects on Hyde Park Road — one of the busiest roadways in the Santa Fe area amid ski season.

The work will require the closure of one lane of traffic on the two-lane mountain road.

However, because traffic headed to Ski Santa Fe and the popular Ten Thousand Waves spa resort can be heavy, PNM is scheduling the work for the night hours.

“That lane closure will only be at night from 9 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.,” said Eric Chavez, a spokesman for PNM. “We have a lot of snow up there and assume people want

County: No injuries as plane makes emergency landing south of S.F.

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

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

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

2023 goal: $399,000.

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

To donate: Make your tax-deductible donation online by visiting santafenewmexican.com/empty_stocking or mail a check to The New Mexican’s Empty Stocking Fund c/o The Santa Fe Community Foundation, P.O. Box 1827, Santa Fe, 87504-1827. Cash and coin donations are always welcome. Those can be dropped off at the offices of the newspaper at 150 Washington Ave., Suite 206. Donors can request to remain anonymous.

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

DONATIONS Anonymous: $100 Anonymous: $100 Anonymous, in memory of Joe and Ernie Fernandez: $200 Anonymous, in memory of Annie Gordon: $250 Anonymous, in honor of John Nichols: $100 Anonymous, in Honor of Jody Soper: $103.09 Beth Schaefer: $249 Sarah Schlanger and Signa Larralde: $200 S. Gene and Kathy Schofield: $1,000 Mary Ann Shaening: $103.09 A. Shapiro, in memory of Debbie Shapiro: $100 Bob Soza: $1,000 Andy Spitler: $257.73 Jenni St. Clair, in memory of Donna Weiss: $103.09 Carol and Tom Stephens: $250 Karen Stoll, in memory of Brooks Shera: $500 Kimberly Sweet: $100 Richard and Kim Tate: $103.09 Lucia Teutsch, in memory of Gil Teutsch, the love of my life: $206.19 The Golden Eye: $200 “The Sons of the American Legion” Montoya y Montoya Post 1: $200 Todd Tierney: $1,030.93 Jeff Toomey and Joy Trainor: $103.09 Joe and Nancy Treat: $103.09 Zoe Trimmer and Family, in memory of Len: $200 Deborah J Trouw, CFP, in honor of Elevation Wealth Partners clients: $2,500 Cumulative total: $229,099.45

People in communities across the nation will gather Thursday to mourn and honor those experiencing homelessness who died in the past year.

The deaths include at least 36 people in Santa Fe, who will be remembered at a memorial at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

“It’s the most important thing we do all year because it’s to honor and remember the people that so many easily forgot,” said Joe Dudziak, known to many in the local homeless community as “Chaplain Joe,” who helped organize the event.

Throughout the year, organizers keep a list of rumored deaths in the homeless community and work to confirm them, said Dudziak, who operates a street outreach mission.

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the list was about 26 or 27 people a year, he said, but the number has increased.

Last year, the vigil honored 37 people.

What: 2023 Homeless Persons Memorial Day When: 3:30 p.m. Thursday Where: The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 417 Agua Fría St., in the courtyard

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A circle of 37 farolitos honors members of the local homeless community who died in Santa Fe in 2022. A memorial for those who died in 2023 will be held Thursday. “We try to focus on how they lived and celebrate their life and not their death,” said Joe Dudziak, who helped organize the event.

Several more names could be added to this year’s list of 36 before Thursday’s event, he said.

The New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness, which has hosted the event for 19 years, counted the highest

IN BRIEF House minority leader assigns Leger Fernández to IAIA board House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Thursday appointed U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández to the Institute of American Indian Arts’ board of trustees.

“My first visit to the IAIA was decades ago when it was in a small space in Santa Fe, doing big things,” Leger Fernández, a New Mexico Democrat who represents the state’s 3rd Congressional District, said in a news release announcing her appointment. “Now it occupies a vibrant campus with dormitories, film studios, graduate students, and inspiring spaces that inspire the artists that inspire all of us.”

One of just a handful of congresTeresa sionally chartered higher education Leger Fernández institutions nationwide, IAIA has a board of directors with 13 voting members — five of whom President Joe Biden appointed in July — as well as six nonvoting members, including two members of the House of Representatives selected by House leadership.

Art is a significant economic driver for many Indigenous communities in New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes IAIA. Leger Fernández said she would continue to advo-

“It is an iconic building that needs to be brought back to life,” Duettra said after a community notification meeting about the project last week.

Duettra said he is hopeful for a February meeting with the Santa Fe Planning Commission for approval of the project’s development plan.

“We would like to get going in 2025 with building,” Duettra said.

The ownership group’s Cathedral School Partners NM LLC intends to convert the school classrooms into 14 hotel suites and turn the cafeteria into a restaurant. The gym will become an event space for conferences, wedding receptions and other gatherings, according to documents Liaison Planning Services filed with the city.

“You don’t choose projects; they choose you,” Duettra said.

He and Hancock took Huslig’s

cate for IAIA and its artists in training.

“Last year, I supported an increase of almost $2 million of federal funding for IAIA from the previous year, and Democrats have increased funding for IAIA every year we have been in the majority,” Leger Fernández said in the release. “I will continue to fight for robust federal funding for our education institutions.”

Charges dropped against Roosevelt County jail officer PORTALES — Charges against a Roosevelt County jail officer have been dismissed, at least for now.

Heather Brockman, 34, and Daejon Rae Coronado, 20, were arrested in October on charges of bringing contraband to inmates at the jail, court records show.

Assistant District Attorney Brian Stover said Friday charges against Brockman were dismissed after officials received “new information.”

Dan Lindsey, Brockman’s attorney, said a nurse reported she did not see any exchange of contraband and that it was not suspicious that a detention officer would bring an inmate into the medical office and close the door as prosecutors had alleged.

In court filings, Stover stated criminal charges against Brockman “will be refiled at a later time.”

Coronado, released from the jail in October on a personal recognizance bond, remains charged with trafficking controlled substances, conspiracy to commit trafficking controlled substances and bringing contraband into places of imprisonment.

Social media group sues Utah over limits on app use for minors SALT LAKE CITY — A trade group that represents TikTok and other major tech companies sued Utah on Monday over its first-in-the-nation laws requiring children and teens to obtain parental consent to use social media apps.

Two laws signed in March by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox will prohibit minors from using social media between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. unless authorized by a parent — and require age verification to open and maintain a social media account in the state.

The restrictions are designed to protect children from targeted advertisements and addictive features that could negatively impact their mental health.

Both laws take effect March 1.

The NetChoice trade group argues in its federal lawsuit that although Utah’s regulations are wellintentioned, they are unconstitutional because they restrict access to public content, compromise data security and undermine parental rights.

“We are fighting to ensure that all Utahns can embrace digital tools without the forceful clutch of government control,” said Chris Marchese, Director of the NetChoice Litigation Center. The trade association includes many of the world’s leading social media companies, including TikTok, Snapchat parent company Snap Inc., Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta, and X, formerly known as Twitter.

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His attorney has since filed an amended complaint, and a federal magistrate has scheduled a mandatory settlement conference in February, when the parties will be obligated to at least discuss a settlement agreement.

Following Blinman’s departure, the Department of Cultural Affairs appointed archaeologist Michelle Ensey and state historic sites Deputy Director Matthew Barbour as interim directors of the Office of Archaeological Studies. They will remain in the positions until Taylor-Montoya takes over in early January, agency spokesman Daniel Zillmann wrote in a text message Monday.

Taylor-Montoya, 48, will earn $119,533 a year as

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death toll among Santa Fe’s homeless community in 2021, at 39 people.

Not all of the people who died this year were homeless at the time of their death, Dudziak said. Causes of death varied, he added, among them

drug overdoses and car crashes.

Still, Dudziak believes homelessness played a role in each death.

“I’m sure all of them had their life shortened from being homeless,” he said. “Those four walls really protect you.”

Organizers have shifted the focus of the memorial away from how each person died.

“We try to focus on how they lived and celebrate their life and not their death,” Dudziak said.

Dec. 21, the winter solstice, is marked as National Homeless Persons’ Remembrance Day. Winter is the most dangerous time for those without housing, as freezing temperatures can prove deadly within hours.

initial idea of creating residential condos and altered it to hotel suites. They also propose adding a three-story hotel building that would wrap around the parking lot and create a square courtyard with the existing structure, built in 1949.

The proposed new building would take up the entire parking lot. The partners intend to build an underground, 66-space parking garage under the new building.

The new construction would include 54 hotel rooms, including eight penthouse suites.

“This is going to be a pure boutique, luxury hotel,” Duettra said.

“This is a full-service hotel.”

Duettra is already busy with business partner Marc Bertram creating the Washington Inn, another downtown boutique hotel under construction on nearby Otero Street.

“I think we’re a year and a couple months out for completions,” Duettra said.

TAKEAWAYS u St. Francis Cathedral School will become a boutique hotel. u A second building will be built on the school’s parking lot. u An underground garage will be built under the second building.

The new structures at both hotel properties will be barely visible from most street views, Duettra said.

The Washington Inn will likely be operated by La Fonda on the Plaza, which manages 26 of Duettra’s AdobeStar short-term rentals under the brand Santuario

by La Fonda. But Duettra does not expect La Fonda to be the operator of the cathedral school hotel.

He also is not concerned the two properties would compete with each other.

“It seems like people like Santa Fe,” Duettra said. “We’re providing more places for people to come.”

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said. “They have to take a little bit more time in that specific area on the road. We want to have people be aware of the road conditions.”

The work will affect the area between Hyde Park and Paseo Primero, according to a news release issued by PNM, and will require a 20-foot lane closure at one intersection.

Traffic control and concrete barriers will be present at all times the lane is closed, according to the release.

For more information, call PNM’s project hotline at 833-910-3670 or visit pnm.com/workinyourarea.

Meteorologist Clay Anderson said in the briefing a series of storms could come into New Mexico from the West Coast in early to mid-January, “spreading east and northeast across the desert Southwest ... including New Mexico.”

For those craving precipitation, the string of storms could be “something to get excited about,” he said.

An El Niño climate pattern has brought almost weekly storms to New Mexico, including Santa Fe, over the past few weeks.

executive director, Zillmann wrote in an email.

Garcia y Griego said in a statement Monday, “John’s work experience and deep commitment to the archaeology and cultural resources of New Mexico will serve the Office of Archaeological Studies well.”

Taylor-Montoya was born and raised in Albuquerque, where he lives with his wife and two children.

Archaeological work is “a lot like historical sleuthing,” he said in an interview Monday.

He earned a doctorate in anthropology from Southern Methodist University in 2011, a master of arts in anthropology from the University of Oklahoma in 2003, and a bachelor of science in anthropology from the University of New Mexico in 2000, according to a news release issued by the

Department of Cultural Affairs. His career in public archaeology began in 2001 in the Oklahoma State Archaeologist Office.

He said in the interview he returned to New Mexico in 2012 and began serving as a senior project manager and director of private cultural resource management firms before going to work for the Office of Archaeological Studies.

Established in 1990, the agency conducts research around the state.

Along with field work, it is charged with offering educational programs and demonstrations of archaeological techniques and technology, Taylor-Montoya said.

Staff writer Phaedra Haywood contributed to this report.

FUNERAL SERVICES AND MEMORIALS IN LOVING MEMORY OF RICHARD I. MONTAÑO JR.

March 25, 1974–December 10, 2023 It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Richard I. Montaño Jr., who left us on December 10, 2023, at the age of 49. Richard, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, son, brother and friend, touched the lives of many with his warm heart, generosity, and unwavering spirit.

Richard was a dedicated and passionate entrepreneur, serving as the proud owner of Rich-Mon Electric for 23 years. His commitment to his business was matched only by his commitment to his family and friends. Born on March 25, 1974, Richard spent his life embracing every moment, leaving an indelible mark on all who had the privilege of knowing him.

An avid outdoorsman, Richard found solace and joy in the simple pleasures of life. Whether he was hunting, fishing, camping, or cruising on his cherished Harley Davidson, he reveled in the beauty of nature and the freedom of the open road. His love for adventure was equaled only by his love for family, friends, and his community.

Richard’s generosity knew no bounds, and he was always the first to extend a helping hand to those in need. His kindness and compassion created a ripple effect that touched countless lives, leaving behind a legacy of goodwill and camaraderie.

For the past 30 years, Richard and his devoted wife, Gloria, crafted a haven of love and beauty on their property. Their shared passion for planting and landscaping created a picturesque landscape that mirrored the depth of their love. It was a testament to their commitment and the memories they built together.

A family man through and through, Richard took immense joy in spending time with his grandchildren, Linayah and Vivyanna. Their laughter and innocence brought light to his world, and he cherished every moment he spent with them.

An ardent Dallas Cowboys fan, Richard’s Sundays were dedicated to his love for football and the art of barbecuing. His infectious enthusiasm and hearty laughter made every game day a memorable event, bringing family and friends together in celebration.

Richard I. Montaño Jr. is preceded in death by his mother, Irene Montaño. He is survived by his loving wife, Gloria Montaño, and their children: daughters Audriana Montaño (Fernando), Natasha Montaño (Isaac), and sons Richard I. Montaño III (Aidan) and Derrick Lopez. He is survived by his grandchildren Linayah and Vivyanna. He is also survived by his in-laws Anthony, Bonnie and Brother in-law Leon (Katya) Narvaiz. Richard is remembered by his father, Richard Montaño Sr. (Eva), and his siblings: sisters Marie, Monica, brother Ronnie and many nieces, nephews, and friends who loved him.

Serving as pallbearers will be Danny Apodaca, Gilberto Romero, Timoteo Benavidez, Miguel Carrillo, Dominick Benavidez, and John King. Honorary pallbearers, Fernando Gutierrez and Isaac Varela.

Catholic services of Richard’s life will be held on January 11th, 2024, at The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, at 10:00 a.m. A burial will be held at a later date. Friends and family are invited to join in remembering a remarkable man who touched our lives in so many special ways.

May he rest in heaven, and may his memory be a source of comfort and inspiration to us all.

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n a season focused on the journey of a couple expecting a baby — with no shelter to be found — it is fitting Santa Fe is moving ahead with a pilot program to provide housing to people who lack shelter.

The initiative will offer 10 Pallet shelters through the Safe Outdoor Spaces pilot project. Christ Lutheran Church and The Life Link nonprofit will assist in getting the shelters up and running. The shelters are 8-feet-by-8-feet modular structures with space for two people; the “pallet” reference is because the homes can be deconstructured quickly, then loaded onto pallets for easier transportation as necessary.

In the homes, individuals will have insulated walls, electricity, heating and cooling and, perhaps best of all, a locking door so their belongings are secure. This is private space instead of the congregate living so common at many shelters for the unhoused.

Being alone to sleep, without hearing the snores or cries of bunkmates, is a luxury for people living on the streets. For privacy, the primary option is to sleep outside, where frigid temperatures can cause injury or death. Earlier this month, 44-year-old John Michael Cowdery was found near the Santa Fe River; the Office of the Medical Examiner has concluded he died of exposure.

With the new housing, people living on the streets can choose a private space and safety from the elements.

Of course, 10 units are not enough to meet the need.

The city had purchased 25 Pallet shelters for its pilot and asked for potential host sites and service providers to submit applications earlier this year to run the pilot program. Only faith-based communities could apply, with just one provider selected. Hats off to the members of Christ Lutheran Church, who remember the words of Jesus that, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Church officials want to have the Pallet shelters built and opened sometime next year. In addition to providing shelter, The Life Link workers will offer support so people can move into other, more permanent housing. Longterm stability is the goal.

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system as they were about their guns. But of course, preventing young Views from the web men (like this miscreant) Suspect sought in from committing senseshooting near downless acts of violence is a town Santa Fe that long, tedious, unglamorinjured woman, Dec. 9 ous process that takes Our state and federal years to accomplish. And it costs money. Way too government think it is complicated when we just too expensive to keep bad guys in prison, can all just retreat into a posture of self defense so they let them out so they can reduce the pop- and bravado.”

Russell Scanlon ulation.” Eva Woods When I read about Just a question: How these situations and the did he get the gun? He people who commit the could not have bought it violence, it just strengthsince he has a record.” ens my resolve to never, Tammy Tapia ever give up my guns.

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The timing is critical.

With emergency coronavirus pandemic assistance running out — and Congress unwilling to continue the investments — additional beds for people who have lost their homes are essential. Ten, obviously, will not be enough. Neither will 25. The Department of Housing and Urban Development figures show homelessness is up 12% nationally between January 2022 and January 2023.

The numbers are recorded on one night in January annually, reporting that started in 2007. More than 650,000 individuals across the United States were found living in shelters, temporary housing and on the streets in the last count. It’s the highest number of people recorded as lacking shelter on a single night since the count began. In New Mexico, the count jumped 48% year to year, according to a report to the Legislative Finance Committee.

With the trends unmistakable — housing costs are too high for too many people — Santa Fe must push ahead with its plans. Build more homes in safe outdoor spaces.

Keep converting hotels into housing, as is happening with the Lamplighter Inn and happened with Santa Fe Suites.

Continue to tap the knowledge of people who have lived on the streets to inform decisions, as with the Lived Experience Advisory Board.

The work to eliminate homelessness — Built for Zero — is a communitywide effort. It’s called the S3 Santa Fe Housing Initiative (for safe, stable and supportive), designed to find solutions for families and individuals in need. Partners in the broader collaboration include the Santa Fe Community Foundation, Thornburg Foundation, the city of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County and the New Mexico Coalition to End Homeless. For the initial Pallet shelter effort, Christ Lutheran, The Life Link, Anchorum and the city are partnering. There’s also technical assistance from Project Moxie, a nonprofit that has helped start Pallet shelter projects across the nation.

Now Santa Fe joins in, with the Safe Outdoor Spaces project just one tool to help individuals stay off the streets.

THE PAST 100 YEARS From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Dec. 19, 1923: The conference of county officials closed late yesterday with the appointment of a legislative committee. ... They will draft a bill to revise the schedule of salaries for county officials and their deputies. Their salaries were fixed in 1915 and based on living conditions and the volume of business handled by the county offices at that time.

In view of the fact that living conditions have changed and the volume of business has grown in practically all county offices it was felt by the officials that the schedule should be re-adjusted.

Dec. 19, 1973: The director of the

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state Department of Finance and Administration, Robert Kirkpatrick, said today his agency has authorized payroll deductions to be made for employees who desire insurance coverage from the Daniels Insurance Agency, opened here recently by State Representative James Koch, D-Santa Fe. “We’ve approved the payroll deduction for this,” Kirkpatrick said. “We do it for things we consider in the public interest, for our employees.”

The coverage offered by the Daniels firm apparently involves car, homeowners and life insurance on a group basis.

Dec. 19, 1998: Northern New Mexicans — Republicans and Democrats alike — expressed sorrow and resignation Friday about the historic impeachment proceedings being conducted against President Clinton from the floor of the House of Representatives.

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n a climate where Wall Street megabanks continue to reap enormous profits, it is high time for our elected representatives to step in and address the pressing issue of rising credit card swipe fees by supporting the passage of the Credit Card Competition Act. This bill holds the potential to rectify an unbalanced system that sees massive banks profiting at the expense of everyday consumers and Main Street merchants in communities across the state.

The data is irrefutable: The credit card industry, dominated by a few major players, has systematically imposed exorbitant swipe fees that are taking a toll on both consumers and small businesses to pad their bottom lines.

These profits are propped up by high swipe fees that put the squeeze on Main Street businesses and their customers.

Swipe fees, which currently average 2.24% of each transaction, have more than doubled over the past decade and surged by 50% since the onset of the pandemic, reaching a record $160.7 billion last year. This translates to paying an additional $1,000 per year for the average American family.

It’s no surprise with these rising costs of goods that we are seeing the highest amount of credit card debt in history — another big win for the financial giants at the expense of everyday Americans.

These escalating swipe fees are a clear sign of a broken system and an unfair marketplace.

Visa and Mastercard, who control over 80% of the market, wield tremendous power in setting the swipe fee rates charged by banks. Both of these companies partner with a multitude of credit card-issuing banks.

This lack of competition results in merchants having to shoulder higher operating costs, which are inevitably passed on to consumers in the form of inflated prices. It’s essential to recognize that the credit card industry does not operate under the typical rules of supply and

demand. The dominance of a few major players has stifled competition and created an environment ripe for exploitation.

The Credit Card Competition Act aims to break this stranglehold by requiring the biggest banks with assets of at least $100 billion to enable cards to be processed over at least two unaffiliated networks, promoting competition and saving merchants and customers here in New Mexico more than $72 million of the nearly $440 million in swipe fees they’re currently paying.

The benefits of this legislation extend beyond mere cost savings.

Fraud prevention is another crucial aspect, as the Federal Reserve has attested competing networks have just one-fifth the fraud rate compared to Visa and Mastercard’s networks. It’s a winwin situation — lower fees for merchants and consumers and enhanced security for everyone.

It’s important to note the proposed Credit Card Competition Act would not disrupt the credit card rewards system or consumers’ card usage habits. Community banks and small credit unions would also be exempt from its provisions, ensuring they can continue providing vital financial services to their communities without undue interference.

In the face of these compelling reasons for reform, Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján must lend their support to this important legislation. The Credit Card Competition Act enjoys broad public support, with a survey finding 65% of likely voters favor reform.

The evidence regarding the need for reform is clear and reinforced by public opinion, so it’s time for action. By supporting the Credit Card Competition Act, Congress can help reduce the financial burden on consumers and enhance the overall security of the credit card industry. It’s a win for New Mexico, and it’s a win for the American people.

Michael Sanchez is the former majority leader of the state Senate.

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ew Mexico’s tourism economy brings millions of dollars — and thousands of people — to our state each year. But a bill before the U.S. Senate could jeopardize that.

At first glance, the Credit Card Competition Act is an arcane bill that deals with interchange fees and payment networks, but it will actually have a huge impact on our state — and small businesses like mine.

In tinkering with the credit card payment processing system, the Credit Card Competition Act will do away with credit card rewards programs, including points programs — an important part of how middle-class families pay for discretionary travel.

The impact would be huge. In 2022, 85,332 air passengers arriving in New Mexico purchased their tickets using points, miles and rewards, according to data from Airlines for America, the trade association of U.S. airlines.

Between direct spending and tax revenues, those travelers generated a combined $114.6 million while visiting and supported more than 1,000 jobs. New Mexico has benefited from credit card points programs with higher airport passenger traffic, hotel bookings, restaurant patronage and local retail spending.

How do we know the impact of the act will be so bleak? Experience. After Congress passed a similar debit card bill in 2010, debit card rewards programs all but vanished. In Australia, when their Reserve Bank imposed similar regulations on credit cards, rewards card fees skyrocketed and diminished the value of rewards points. There’s no guesswork here.

Passing the act will end credit card rewards and dry up a key source of New Mexico’s tourism revenue.

Similar to many of my fellow tourism-based small business owners, I started my business because I love my state. I’m proud of the arts, culinary and, especially, craft brewing communities thriving here. With New Mexico constantly at the bottom of so many lists, it’s exciting to see our state recognized as a top tourism destination. Our local breweries have been winning international rewards for outstanding local beers. I love the reaction of the out--of-state clients who come on my tours when they not only realize what our breweries have to offer, but also when they tell me, with great enthusiasm, about the amazing sites they’ve already seen.

Many of the people who come through my tours are first-time visitors to New Mexico, but they talk about coming back to see and do even more. Rewards points make it easy for first-time visitors to come to our state; all that New Mexico has to offer makes them want to come back. Our tourism economy is a success story we can all be proud of.

With the year-end crush of bills coming through the U.S. Senate and further prospects for congressional action on the Credit Card Competition Act in 2024, I urge Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján to continue their records as advocates for New Mexico’s tourism industry and oppose this dangerous bill.

Small businesses like mine depend on a robust tourism economy. For the good of small businesses around the state, the U.S. Senate must say no to the Credit Card Competition Act. Gordon A. Monaghan is a longtime resident of Albuquerque and is president and chief beer guide for ABQ Beer Tours.

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Midnight through 6 p.m. Monday

Santa Fe Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... .Month . . . . . to . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.15" .... . . . . .to Year . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11.47" .....

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Albuquerque Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trace ..... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.76" ....

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POLLEN COUNTS Santa Fe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5, Severity . . . .Low ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juniper Allergens ......

Albuquerque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4, Severity . . . .Low ...

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.

47 / 32

Humidity (Noon)

Saturday

Mostly Cloudy.

46 / 28

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Sunday

Showers Likely.

47 / 32

Rain & Snow Possible. Partly Cloudy.

39 / 29

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Monday

36 / 27

Humidity (Noon)

34 / 23

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Wind: NNE 10 mph

Wind: S 10 mph

Wind: WSW 10 mph

Wind: NNE 10 mph

Wind: S 15 mph

Wind: W 15 mph

Wind: WNW 15 mph

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

Taos 49 / 24

Farmington 54 / 31

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Clayton 64 / 36

San Francisco 63/53

Albuquerque 55 / 32

Ruidoso 58 / 36 Truth or Consequences 63 / 38

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Boise 49/36

Los Angeles 66/57

Clovis 62 / 39

Las Vegas 63/47

Denver 69/32

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Atlanta 45/27

Dallas 59/45

New Orleans 54/42

Hermosillo 84/66 La Paz 82/72

Roswell 62 / 37

Mérida 75/64

Guadalajara 78/52 Mexico City 68/49

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Miami 73/64

Monterrey 65/56

Hobbs 62 / 38

Alamogordo 63 / 41

Washington D.C. 42/26

St. Louis 47/33

Albuquerque 55/32 Phoenix 75/55

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Carlsbad 65 / 38

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Cancún 74/65

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70° in Rodeo 12° in Reserve

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The Northeast will see partly cloudy skies with isolated rain, highest temperature of 47 in Groton, Conn. The Southeast will experience mostly clear skies with the highest temperature of 72 in Big Coppitt Key, Fla. In the Northwest there will be mostly cloudy skies with scattered rain, highest temperature of 61 in Torrington, Wyo. The Southwest will see mostly cloudy skies with isolated rain, highest temperature of 79 in Oro Valley, Ariz.

WEATHER HISTORY

NEW MEXICO CITIES

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Alamogordo 63/30 mc 63/41 mc 64/42 mc Albuquerque 54/30 mc 55/32 mc 56/33 mc Angel Fire 43/14 mc 45/17 mc 43/18 mc Artesia 57/34 pc 64/36 mc 63/43 mc Carlsbad 58/37 pc 65/38 mc 66/44 mc Chama 53/19 mc 48/22 mc 49/21 mc Cimarron 43/14 pc 58/30 mc 52/31 mc Clayton 52/23 pc 64/36 pc 60/35 mc Cloudcroft 63/30 mc 48/32 mc 45/31 mc Clovis 58/30 pc 62/39 mc 65/41 mc Crownpoint 55/25 mc 54/32 mc 50/33 mc Deming 63/28 mc 64/38 mc 63/39 sh 44/29 mc 51/26 mc 52/27 mc Espan~ ola Farmington 55/23 mc 54/31 mc 55/30 mc Fort Sumner 58/26 mc 62/34 mc 63/37 mc Gallup 55/16 mc 57/27 mc 54/26 mc Grants 52/17 mc 56/28 mc 55/27 mc Hobbs 55/32 pc 62/38 mc 64/45 mc Las Cruces 64/32 mc 64/40 mc 65/42 mc

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 43/19 mc 58/30 mc 53/27 mc 61/46 mc 66/40 mc 63/38 sh 44/29 mc 47/31 mc 45/30 mc 55/26 s 55/29 mc 56/33 mc 58/30 pc 64/37 mc 65/40 mc 41/14 pc 58/29 mc 52/30 mc 43/14 mc 43/20 mc 44/19 mc 52/25 mc 53/32 mc 54/34 mc 59/33 mc 62/37 mc 63/44 mc 54/32 mc 58/36 mc 55/35 mc 56/28 mc 63/36 mc 60/37 mc 60/26 mc 60/40 mc 56/38 sh 55/31 mc 59/34 mc 57/35 mc 58/31 mc 63/38 mc 60/39 mc 47/14 mc 49/24 mc 50/25 mc 55/24 pc 65/35 mc 63/37 mc 64/32 mc 64/41 mc 65/42 mc 44/29 mc 49/29 mc 48/28 mc 63/31 mc 59/29 mc 56/30 sh

Dec. 19, 1957 - A tornado, 200 yards in width, killed two people along its 15-mile path from near Waldo to near Buena Vista in southwestern Arkansas. People from one house were carried 250 yards and cars were said to have been carried 600 yards.

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Wednesday 12:42 p.m.

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Detroit 35/28

Chicago 35/29

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Minneapolis 37/26

Billings 55/32

Las Vegas 58 / 30

Pecos 52 / 31

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Los Alamos 47 / 31

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AIR QUALITY INDEX

Source: www.airnow.gov

Mostly Sunny.

Friday

49%

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

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Los Alamos Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.12" ....

The following water statistics of December 17th are provided by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons).

Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 3.895 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 1.947 City Wells: 0.0 Buckman Wells: 0.318 Total production: 6.160 Total consumption: 6.201 Santa Fe reservoir inflow: 1.03 Reservoir storage: 309.35 Estimated reservoir capacity: 24.21%

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Taos Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.69" ....

NATIONAL CITIES

7 DAY FORECAST FOR SANTA FE

Santa Fe Airport Temperatures High/low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51°/27° ...... . . . . . . . high/low Normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43°/18° ...... . . . . . . .high Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55° . . . in . . 1998 .... . . . . . . .low Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9° . . in . . 1945 ....

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adults Parenting advice mom guilty of child abuse Young smoking less

Utah woman, whose family aired ‘8 Passengers’ YouTube show, admits she subjected kids to torturous labor, harm

By Amy Beth Hanson The Associated Press

A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice on YouTube pleaded guilty Monday to child abuse charges and will go to prison for trying to convince her two youngest children they were evil, possessed and needed to be punished to repent.

Ruby Franke stood shackled in gray and white jail clothing as she closed her eyes and took a deep breath before pleading guilty to each of her first three charges. On the fourth, she fought back some emotion before saying: “With my deepest regret and sorrow for my family and my children, guilty.”

Judge John J. Walton scheduled sentencing for Feb. 20 after accepting the plea agreement, which described new details of the abuse the children endured, including the claims that they were possessed. Under the plea agreement, Franke agreed to serve a prison term and the sentences will run consecutively.

Sentencing would be up to the judge.

Franke pleaded not guilty to two other counts, court records said, and was returned to custody after the hearing.

Under Utah law, second-degree aggravated child abuse can be charged if that person knowingly or intentionally inflicts serious physical injury to a child or causes or permits another to inflict serious physical injury to their child.

Each charge carries a sentence of one to 15 years in prison.

Winward Law said in a statement Friday that the abuse occurred while Franke was influenced by a relationship counselor who led her to “a distorted

RON CHAFFIN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ruby Franke appears with her attorney during a hearing Monday in St. George, Utah. Franke, a Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice via a once-popular YouTube channel called 8 Passengers, has pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse for abusing and starving two of her children.

sense of morality.”

“Ruby Franke is a devoted mother and is also a woman committed to constant improvement,” Winward Law said in a statement. Franke initially believed that her co-defendant, Jodi Hildebrandt, “had the insight to offer a path to continual improvement” but said that Hildebrandt “took advantage of this quest and twisted it into something heinous.”

In the plea agreement, Franke admits that she tortured her son from May 22 through Aug. 30 by forcing him into hours of physical tasks, summer work outdoors without adequate water and “repeated and serious sunburns” that blistered. He was denied food or given very plain meals, and he was isolated from other people without access to books, notebooks or electronics.

After he tried to run away in July, his hands and feet were regularly bound, sometimes with handcuffs.

Wyoming woman made a personalized snowman for every home in her town It was only July, but Pauline Parker was already thinking about Christmas.

That’s how far ahead she had to work to pull off her holiday plans. Last December, Parker had organized a Christmas event for her hometown of Burling-

ton, Wyo. It was a hit, and her friends urged her to turn it into a yearly tradition.

This year, Parker, 65, wanted to top it — and, in her small town of about 300 people, she had an idea for how she could bring the holiday spirit to every-

At times, ropes were used to tie together handcuffs that secured his hands and feet as he lay on his stomach, lifting his arms and legs off the ground and injuring his wrists and ankles, the plea agreement said.

Franke also admitted to kicking her son while wearing boots, holding his head under water and smothering his mouth and nose with her hands, according to the plea agreement.

Franke acknowledged similarly abusing her 9-year-old daughter by forcing her to work outside, run on dirt roads barefoot, and go without food and water.

“She was also repeatedly told she was evil and possessed, the punishments were necessary for her to be obedient and repent, and these things were being done to her in order to help her,” the plea agreement said.

Franke and Hildebrandt were arrested on Aug. 30 after Franke’s 12-year-old son

one’s doorstep.

So she spent the better part of six months crafting a unique present for each of her hundreds of neighbors: a cartoon snowman painted on a wooden board, personalized to reflect each Burlington resident’s hobbies and interests.

One by one, smiling snowmen began to populate Burlington’s driveways and fences, even

escaped from Hildebrandt’s house in Ivins and asked a neighbor to call police, according to the 911 call released by the St. George Police Department.

The boy was emaciated and had duct tape around his ankles and wrists but wouldn’t say why, the caller reported.

The boy and Franke’s daughter, who was also found at Hildebrandt’s house, were taken to the hospital. Eventually, Franke’s four youngest children were taken into state custody.

Franke and Hildebrandt were each charged with six felony counts of aggravated child abuse. They have remained jailed since their arrests.

During Franke’s incarceration, “she has actively engaged in an introspection that has allowed her to reset her moral compass and understand the full weight of her actions. Ms. Franke is committed to taking responsibility for the part she played in the events leading up to her incarceration,” the statement said.

The boy told investigators that “Jodi” put the ropes on his ankles and wrists and that they used cayenne pepper and honey to dress the wounds caused by the ropes, according to a search warrant.

Hildebrandt has agreed not to see patients until the allegations are addressed by state licensing officials.

Her next court hearing is set for Dec. 27, according to court records. Her attorney, Douglas Terry, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment on the allegations made against Hildebrandt in the statement by Franke’s attorney.

The Franke family was criticized online for its 8 Passengers video blog showing parenting decisions including banning their oldest son from his bedroom for seven months for pranking his younger brother. In other videos, Ruby Franke talked about refusing to take lunch to a kindergartner who forgot it at home and threatening to cut the head off a young girl’s stuffed toy to punish her for cutting things in the house.

spreading to neighboring towns when other families asked to be included. By the start of December, when Parker threw her second Christmas celebration, her work had transformed the town into a uniquely personalized spectacle of seasonal joy.

“I did one for every single person, and they were just thrilled,” Parker told The Washington Post. “I think it brought

the community together.”

Parker, whose project was first reported by KTVQ , has called Burlington home for most of her life. She grew up in the town, a small farming community in northern Wyoming, and returned in retirement after a career as a family counselor.

“This is a good little town,” she said.

The Washington Post

than in 2011, study shows Rate dropped highest among people 18 to 24

By Linda Searing

The Washington Post

Just 5% of young adults in the United States smoked in 2022, down from 19% in 2011, according to research published in JAMA Health Forum.

Based on data on 353,555 adults, the study found that the prevalence of smoking in those years declined in nearly all age groups and did so at a faster pace among younger adults — averaging an 11% annual decrease for young adults (ages 18 to 24) compared with a 3% annual decline for those 40 to 64.

By comparison, smoking prevalence among the oldest adults (those 65 and older) increased slightly, although less than 1%, to about 9%.

The increase, however, was greatest among those with lower incomes. The researchers found that in all age groups, smoking prevalence was highest among those with the lowest incomes.

Overall, the researchers wrote that “while the future looks promising for younger populations,” the situation for older adults is “concerning, since most smoking-related deaths occur at older ages.”

The health consequences of smoking — described as “the leading cause of preventable death” — are vast. Smoking can cause cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), eye disease and more.

Not just smokers are at risk, though, as people exposed to secondhand smoke (breathed in from someone else smoking) can develop many of the same health problems as smokers. More than 16 million U.S. residents are living with a disease caused by smoking, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and nearly 1 in 5 deaths each year in the United States (more than 450,000) are attributed to smoking.

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10 FOR T UE SDAY

Leading the way

The 10 best current prep basketball coaches in the North

By Tim Booth

The Associated Press

SEATTLE — Amid the flood of emotions that continued long after he walked off the field a winner, Drew Lock paused briefly to reflect.

Rare is the chance to have a moment like what the Seattle Seahawks’ backup quarterback experienced on Monday Seahawks 20 night. eagles 17 “I think it was just the over-the-top of feeling of you don’t get very many moments, you don’t very many opportunities in this league,” Lock said. “And with every opportunity you get, you need to be as ready as you can be.”

Lock threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba with 28 seconds left to cap a 92-yard drive, and the Seahawks stunned the Philadelphia Eagles 20-17, ending a four-game skid and getting back into NFC playoff contention.

Seattle (7-7) rallied behind Lock, who moved the team the length of the field for its longest touchdown drive this season and found the Seahawks’ rookie first-round pick for the biggest catch of his young career.

On third-and-10, Smith-Njigba beat James Bradberry off the line and Lock’s throw was perfect to cap an unlikely comeback from an early 10-0 deficit.

Lock, who made his second straight start in place of the injured Geno Smith, connected with DK Metcalf three times on the decisive drive, including muchneeded chunk plays of 18 and 34 yards.

Seattle moved into a logjam with four teams currently at .500 that are battling for the NFC’s last two playoff spots, while Philadelphia (10-4) lost its third straight and wasted a chance to move a game ahead of Dallas in the NFC East.

The defending NFC champion Eagles have already secured a playoff spot.

Philadelphia had one last opportunity, but Julian Love made his second interception of the fourth quarter, picking off Jalen Hurts’ deep pass intended for A.J. Brown and just getting his feet down inbounds.

“I was watching [Brown] that entire play. I was in the post, I saw a double move, I just took off. I saw the ball floating and I must be living right because I got my feet in, thankfully,” Love said.

Love also picked off Hurts in the end zone on a deep shot for Quez Watkins with 8:08 remaining to prevent the Eagles from extending their 17-13 lead.

Lock’s touchdown pass to Smith-Njigba was a play Seattle ran earlier in the game, and Lock knew if he got single coverage again, the throw was headed to the rookie.

“Sure enough, they gave us one-onone. It was kind of the perfect look,” said Lock, who finished 22 of 33 for 208 yards.

It was the second game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter for Smith-Njigba, who had one against Cleveland. And it looked awfully familiar to a catch he made for Ohio State in Please see story on Page B-3

NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO

Capital coach Ben Gomez encourages his players not to give up during a 2018 state tournament game against Artesia. During Gomez’s 17-year basketball coaching career, he has 311 wins and has led the Jaguars to six state championship games.

LEFT: Las Vegas Robertson coach James Branch directs his team during a summer camp scrimmage June 2 at Santa Fe High. Branch has amassed over 400 wins in his career, and his Cardinals teams have reached the 3A championship game in the past two years.

By James Barron

jbarron@sfnewmexican.com

Y

ou’ve seen how The New Mexican ranked the top boys and girls basketball players in the North.

So, why not complete this journey — and rile the coaching ranks — by taking our best guess at who the top boys and girls coaches are in the state? Now, this list is specifically about current head coaches, so don’t expect to see the likes of Lenny Roybal, Ron Geyer or Ron Drake (But we see you at Santa Fe Prep, Drake).

However, there is never a lack of good coaches in the region. The question is, who belongs among the Top 10, and who is the best? Let’s see how our list looks: 1. BEN GOMEZ, CAPITAL (BOYS) Oh, the eyes are rolling already.

“There goes ‘Jaguar James’ again, showing his true colors.” Yes, I have a Jaguars letterman’s letter in a box collecting dust somewhere, but when you break down Gomez’s 17-year career, it is hard to argue against it.

He has accumulated 311 wins and has led Capital to six state championship games. Now, the Jaguars might only have one state title, but ask any coach how easy it is to get to that far. Taking

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total, and there is a chance they will make it to the Class 4A State Tournament for the first time in four years.

a severely undersized team to the state tournament in 2022-23 was just as much a credit to his coaching acumen as anything else.

2. CINDY ROYBAL, POJOAQUE VALLEY (GIRLS) You can say she deserves to be

Cindy Roybal

Y E AR IN RE VIEW

No. 1 because she has two state titles under her belt. Her teams have 391 wins in a career that has spanned six decades and has seen the state grow from four classes to as many as six.

A 17-year coaching career at New Mexico Highlands University during which she took mostly in-state talent and cultivated it into competitive squads says plenty about her skills.

The Elkettes are almost halfway toward matching last year’s nine-win

3. JOSE “MAJIC” MEDINA, LAS VEGAS ROBERTSON (GIRLS) He was already a top-five coach just with his 15-year stint at West Las Vegas, but he took it to another level when he took over at his alma mater.

Since he became coach in 2018, the Cardinals have won two state titles and played for another, using a fullcourt, pressing style that exhausts most teams. In his five-plus seasons, Robertson has produced a 110-27 record and four District 2-3A titles. In fact, in the last 17 years of coaching, Medina-led teams have recorded 20 wins 11 times.

4. JAMES BRANCH, LAS VEGAS ROBERTSON (BOYS) Yeah, Branch has moved around Please see story on Page B-3

BA SEBALL

Ohtani’s video pitch helps Realignment, stunning demise of Pac-12 usher in super conference era lure pitcher Glasnow to his ‘dream team’ Dodgers

By ralph D. russo

The Associated Press

The commissioners from three of the remaining power conferences in college sports appeared together in a crowded convention center ballroom and were asked to ponder what was wrought by three tumultuous years of realignment that culminated in the destruction of a 108-year-old institution.

“Obviously, not happy about the ultimate outcome to the Pac-12, but I’m in this position to give us the best options and future possible and we took advantage of the moment.” Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark explained during the session in Las Vegas, Nev. That moment came over a span of six weeks this past summer. The Pac-12 was ripped apart and redistributed by its competitors, regardless of geography.

The stunning demolition, set in motion a year earlier, was accelerated when the Pac-12 couldn’t secure a media rights deal to match its competitors.

The redrawing of the college sports map and demise of the Pac-12, a conference that claims the most NCAA championships and a legacy that includes the likes of Jackie Robinson, Bill Walton, Aaron Rodgers, Katie Ledecky, Tiger

By Beth Harris

The Associated Press

RALPH FRESO/ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

The Sun Devil Stadium field bears a Pac-12 logo during a 2019 game between Arizona State and Kent State in Tempe, Ariz. Over a span of six weeks this summer, the Pac-12 was ripped apart and redistributed by its competitors.

Woods and Cheryl Miller, made conference realignment The Associated Press Sports Story of the Year.

All of the moves by 2023 — and it was hard to keep count — will take effect in

2024, which will go down as one of the most transformative in the history of college athletics.

Please see story on Page B-4

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

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani has already notched a win for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The two-time AL MVP’s video pitch helped recruit pitcher Tyler Glasnow to reach a $136,562,500, five-year deal with the team. Ohtani agreed to his own record-breaking $700 million, 10-year contract last week.

“It definitely added a lot of points for me to go to the Dodgers,” Glasnow said Monday in a video interview. “It was awesome. He just said he wants me to come on the team and hopes to hit some home runs for me and join me on the pitching staff the following year.”

Ohtani won’t be a two-way player next season after undergoing elbow surgery. Instead, he’ll be the Dodgers’ designated hitter.

“I just want to pick his brain and know what he’s learned,” Glasnow said. “He just seems like such a cool dude and probably one of the best baseball players to ever live. I want to be on a field with that guy.”

As part of the deal that sent Ryan Pepiot and Johnny DeLuca to Tampa Bay in exchange for Glasnow and outfielder Manuel Margot, the Rays will send the DodgTyler Glasnow ers up to $4 million.

The Rays pay $2 million on Aug. 2 and have a $2 million payment due Dec. 1, 2026, that is conditioned on Margot’s 2025 option not being exercised, which would cover the buyout.

Glasnow gets a $10 million signing bonus payable by Dec. 31 and salaries of $15 million next year and $30 million in each of the next three seasons.

Glasnow has a $21,562,500 player option for 2028, and if he declines the Dodgers can exercise a $30 million team option. He will make a 1% charitable contribution as part of the deal.

Like Ohtani, Glasnow has his own injury history.

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SCOREBOARD

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

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

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 4 p.m. ACCN — The Citadel at Notre Dame 4:30 p.m. BTN — Morehead St. at Indiana 4:30 p.m. FS1 — Georgetown at Butler 5 p.m. BTN — Oakland at Michigan St. 5 p.m. ESPN — The Jumpman Invitational: Florida vs. Michigan, Charlotte, N.C. 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Virginia at Memphis 5 p.m. SECN — W. Carolina at Vanderbilt 6 p.m. ACCN — North Florida at Florida St. 6:30 p.m. BTN — Nicholls St. at Maryland 6:30 p.m. FS1 — Marquette at Providence 8 p.m. PAC-12N — CS Northridge at UCLA COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 — The Jumpman Invitational: North Carolina vs. Oklahoma, Charlotte, N.C.

FOOTBALL W

L

Miami Buffalo e-N.Y. Jets e-New England

10 8 5 3

4 6 9 11

Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville e-Tennessee

8 8 8 5

6 6 6 9

SOUTH

NORTH

W

W

x-Baltimore Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh

11 9 8 7

Kansas City Denver Las Vegas L.A. Chargers

9 7 6 5

WEST

W

L

L 3 5 6 7

L 5 7 8 9

W

L

x-Phila. x-Dallas N.Y. Giants e-Washington

10 10 5 4

3 4 9 10

New Orleans Tampa Bay Atlanta e-Carolina

7 7 6 2

7 7 8 12

10 7 6 5

4 7 8 9

SOUTH

NORTH

Detroit Minnesota Green Bay Chicago

WEST

W

W

W

L

L

L

y-San Francisco 11 3 L.A. Rams 7 7 Seattle 6 7 e-Arizona 3 11 e-Eliminated from playoffs x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

T

0 0 0 0

T

PCT

T

441 379 201 186

294 254 287 299

.571 .571 .571 .357

306 344 319 257

295 343 313 301

.786 .643 .571 .500

384 309 307 223

225 289 311 280

.643 .500 .429 .357

319 304 265 303

245 351 280 345

PCT

0 0 0 0

T

PCT

0 0 0 0

T

0 0 0 0

T

PCT

T

T

PF

PF

PA

PA

PA

321 264 338 423

.500 .500 .429 .143

309 296 258 206

267 290 278 348

.714 .500 .429 .357

382 290 300 287

331 269 301 329

PCT

0 0 0 0

PF

PA

342 431 189 281

PCT

0 0 0 0

PF

.769 .714 .357 .286

PCT

0 0 0 0

PA

.714 .571 .357 .214

PCT

0 0 0 0

PF

.786 .500 .462 .214

PF

PF

PF

425 327 280 259

PA

PA

PA

234 310 318 376

Las Vegas 63, L.A. Chargers 21

Montgomery, Ala. Arkansas St. vs. N. Illinois, 10 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM BOWL Birmingham, Ala. Troy vs. Duke, 10 a.m.

ARMED FORCES BOWL

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL

Mobile, Ala. South Alabama vs. Eastern Michigan, 5 p.m.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

Draper APA, Utah 56, Navajo Prep 48

LAS VEGAS BOWL

ATLANTIC

Las Vegas Utah vs. Northwestern, 5:30 p.m.

HAWAII BOWL

Honolulu, Hawaii Coastal Carolina vs. San Jose St., 8:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, DEC. 26 QUICK LANE BOWL

FIRST RESPONDER BOWL Dallas Texas St. vs. Rice, 3:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27 MILITARY BOWL PRESENTED

7 7

0 10

El Paso, Texas No. 15 Notre Dame vs. No. 21 Oregon St., noon

LIBERTY BOWL

Memphis, Tenn.

Memphis vs. Iowa St., 1:30 p.m.

COTTON BOWL

Arlington, Texas No. 7 Ohio St. vs. No. 9 Missouri, 6 p.m.

PHI

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCORES, SCHEDULE SATURDAY, DEC. 16 MYRTLE BEACH BOWL Conway, S.C. Ohio 41, Georgia Southern 21

CELEBRATION BOWL

Atlanta Florida A&M 30, Howard 26

NEW ORLEANS BOWL

New Orleans Jacksonville St. 34, Louisiana 31, OT

CURE BOWL

Orlando, Fla. Appalachian St. 13, Miami (Ohio) 9

NEW MEXICO BOWL

Albuquerque, N.M. Fresno St. 37, New Mexico St. 10

LA BOWL HOSTED Inglewood, Calif.

UCLA 35, Boise St. 22

INDEPENDENCE BOWL

Shreveport, La. Texas Tech 34, California 14 Monday, Dec. 18

FAMOUS TOASTERY BOWL

Charlotte, N.C. W. Kentucky 38, Old Dominion 35, OT

ORANGE BOWL

Miami No. 4 Florida St. vs. No. 6 Georgia, 2 p.m.

ARIZONA BOWL

Tucson, Ariz.

Toledo vs. Wyoming, 2:30 p.m.

MONDAY, JAN. 1 RELIAQUEST BOWL

PCT

GB

L

PCT

L

PCT

10 11 11 19 21

Minnesota Oklahoma City Denver Utah Portland

20 17 18 10 6

5 8 10 17 19

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

16 16 15 14 12

9 10 11 12 14

W

W

.615 .593 .542 .240 .160

— ½ 2 9½ 11½

.800 .680 .643 .370 .240

— 3 3½ 11 14

.640 .615 .577 .538 .462

GB

GB

— ½ 1½ 2½ 4½

Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. No. 20 Iowa vs. No. 25 Tennessee, 11 a.m.

FIESTA BOWL

Glendale, Ariz.

No. 8 Oregon vs. No. 18 Liberty, 11 a.m.

ROSE BOWL CFP SEMIFINAL

New Orleans No. 2 Washington vs. No. 3 Texas, 6:45 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 8

RECORD

CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Houston Semifinal winners, 5:30 p.m.

WESTERN KENTUCKY 38, OLD DOMINION 35, OT 7 7

7 7

21 0

3 0

— —

38 35

First Quarter ODU: Paige 1 pass from Wilson (Sanchez kick), 12:59.

ODU: Calloway 5 run (Sanchez kick), 9:06.

ODU: Caine 30 interception return (Sanchez kick), 7:54.

Second Quarter ODU: Wilson 11 run (Sanchez kick), 13:38.

WKU: D.Smith 14 pass from Veltkamp (Carneiro kick), 8:14.

Third Quarter WKU: D.Smith 18 pass from Veltkamp (Carneiro kick), 10:24.

ODU: Wilson 21 run (Sanchez kick), 3:04.

Fourth Quarter WKU: Young 37 pass from Veltkamp (Carneiro kick), 14:09.

WKU: D.Smith 14 pass from Veltkamp (Carneiro kick), 9:42.

WKU: Hutchinson 15 pass from Veltkamp (Carneiro kick), :19.

First Overtime WKU: FG Carneiro 29, :00.

A: 5,632.

WKU

ODU

First downs 29 12 Total Net Yards 471 319 Rushes-yards 35-73 31-196 Passing 398 123 Punt Returns 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns 1-22 3-38 Interceptions Ret. 1--7 2-70 Comp-Att-Int 43-56-2 13-22-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-40 1-4 Punts 2-40.0 4-47.5 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-25 10-84 Time of Possession 40:39 19:21 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: W. Kentucky, Veltkamp 19-53, Er-

at L.A. RAMS

FAVORITE

Cincinnati Buffalo

FAVORITE

Indianapolis Detroit Seattle Green Bay at HOUSTON at N.Y. JETS at TAMPA BAY at MIAMI at CHICAGO at DENVER

FAVORITE

at KANSAS CITY at PHILADELPHIA at SAN FRANCISCO

PTS

FAVORITE UTSA

MONDAY’S SCORES EAST

Bowie St. 84, Johnson C. Smith 71 California (Pa.) 100, Shippensburg 71 Chowan 79, Virginia-Wise 76 Dartmouth 77, Thomas (Maine) 48 Drexel 117, Penn State Greater Allegheny Lions 49 Duquesne 69, Bradley 67 East Stroudsburg 84, Clarion 77 Gannon 121, Kutztown 76 Indiana (Pa.) 77, Mansfield 59 Le Moyne 92, Houghton 72 Lincoln (Pa.) 79, Livingstone 68 Lock Haven 83, Seton Hill 73

FAVORITE Syracuse

SOUTH

TODAY

New Orleans

O/U

2½ 10½

UNDERDOG

(38½) (42½)

at PITTSBURGH at L.A. CHARGERS

O/U

1½ 3 2½ 4½ 2½ 3 1½ 1½ 4½ 6½

10 10½ 5½

SOUTHWEST

Angelo St. 101, West Liberty 98 Ark.-Pine Bluff 125, Ecclesia 75 Cameron 88, Midwestern St. 87 Cent. Oklahoma 86, Henderson St. 72, OT East Central 78, John Brown 55 Hardin-Simmons 94, Dallas 85 Jacksonville St. 65, Tarleton St. 62 McMurry 91, Ozarks 85 Prairie View 92, North American 61 Rogers St. 82, Simon Fraser 63 Southern Miss. 82, Lamar 79 St. Mary’s (Texas) 78, Dominican (NY) 69 Texas A&M Commerce 130, Arlington Baptist 53 Texas A&M-CC 102, Texas Lutheran 50 Texas St. 110, LeTourneau 68 UALR 80, Murray St. 66

PRV

1. South Carolina (36) 10-0 900 1 2. UCLA 9-0 861 2 3. NC State 11-0 796 3 4. Iowa 11-1 755 4 5. Texas 11-0 750 5 6. Southern Cal 8-0 683 6 7. LSU 11-1 674 7 8. Colorado 9-1 645 8 9. Stanford 9-1 607 9 10. Baylor 9-0 603 10 11. Utah 9-2 490 11 12. Kansas St 10-1 486 12 13. Ohio St. 9-1 482 12 14. Notre Dame 8-1 460 14 15. Virginia Tech 8-2 388 16 16. UConn 7-3 386 17 17. Indiana 8-1 380 15 18. Marquette 11-0 306 19 19. Louisville 10-2 211 18 20. Gonzaga 11-2 205 21 21. Florida St. 8-3 127 22 22. Creighton 8-2 122 20 23. Washington 11-0 87 24. North Carolina 7-4 57 25 25. TCU 11-0 50 Others receiving votes: Miami 48, West Virginia 37, Washington St 29, UNLV 18, Texas A&M 13, Texas Tech 13, Mississippi St. 6, Oregon St. 5, Minnesota 4, Green Bay 4, Davidson 4, Syracuse 3, Nebraska 2, Mississippi 2, Michigan St. 1.

MONDAY’S SCORES EAST

CCSU 69, Colgate 54 Canisius 67, Marist 62 Fairfield 82, Manhattan 58 Niagara 74, St. Peter’s 57 Quinnipiac 60, Rider 57 Robert Morris 66, Fairmont St. 55 Siena 61, Mount St. Mary’s 55 Syracuse 78, Cornell 71 UConn 88, Butler 62 West Virginia 77, Wright St. 72 Alabama A&M 80, Chicago St. 43 Charlotte 65, Charleston Southern 60 Davidson 75, UNC-Wilmington 56 East Carolina 65, George Mason 44 FAU 59, UCF 58 Louisiana Tech 77, Cal Baptist 51 Mississippi 64, South Alabama 41 Morehead St. 83, Davis & Elkins 28 Murray St. 89, W. Carolina 79 NC Central 65, UNC-Asheville 63 New Orleans 67, Tarleton St. 59 Norfolk St. 85, High Point 71, OT Tennessee Tech 77, N. Kentucky 59 Texas St. 67, FIU 61 UNC-Greensboro 56, SC-Upstate 53 W. Kentucky 72, Abilene Christian 68

TODAY

UNDERDOG

(44½) (46½) (42½) (36½) (42½) (38) (43½) (51) (44) (34½)

at ATLANTA at MINNESOTA at TENNESSEE at CAROLINA Cleveland Washington Jacksonville Dallas Arizona New England

O/U

UNDERDOG

O/U

UNDERDOG

(41½) (44) (45½)

OPEN

TODAY

OPEN

TODAY

4½

FAVORITE UCF

4½

11½

Las Vegas N.Y. Giants Baltimore

(51½)

Marshall

O/U

2½

UNDERDOG

(56½)

South Florida

O/U

4½

UNDERDOG

(67½)

Georgia Tech

NBA TUESDAY FAVORITE

LINE

at NEW ORLEANS at MILWAUKEE Boston Phoenix

O/U

7 16½ 5½ 8

FAVORITE

MIDWEST

PTS

OPEN

TUESDAY

Adrian 79, Hiram 58 Calvin 81, Wis.-Stevens Pt. 70 Cent. Missouri 71, Missouri-St. Louis 46 Concordia (Ill.) 86, Aurora 76 Cornell (Iowa) 67, Wartburg 63 Dominican 89, North Park 86, OT Evansville 98, UT Martin 91 Lake Superior St. 67, SW Minnesota 61 Loras 90, Lakeland 72 Malone 71, WV Wesleyan 59 Mary 81, Valley City St. 74 Michigan St. 79, Oakland 62 Missouri S&T 79, St. Louis 53 N. Illinois 92, Calumet College of St. Joseph 48 Ohio 108, Defiance 28 Pittsburg St. 94, Truman St. 88 SIU-Edwardsville 99, Central Christian (Mo.) 56 St. Leo 73, Maryville (Mo.) 69 Transylvania 89, Bluffton 76 Trine 79, Anderson (Ind.) 76 W. Illinois 92, Eureka 56 William Woods 71, Lincoln (Mo.) 69 Wis.-Oshkosh 84, Ripon 60 Wis.-Parkside 82, Clarke Pride 56 Wis.-Whitewater 80, Marian 47 Youngstown St. 117, Westminster (Pa.) 45

Detroit 59, Bellarmine 49

OPEN

UNDERDOG

(44½)

UNDERDOG

(233½) (250) (232) (231½)

Memphis San Antonio at GOLDEN STATE at PORTLAND

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Albany St. (Ga.) 84, Kentucky St. 56 Augusta 86, Reinhardt 64 Bluefield 57, Fayetteville St. 56 Campbell 83, Morgan St. 76 Coll. of Charleston 84, Coastal Carolina 81 Converse 97, Francis Marion 87 Edward Waters 66, Tuskegee 65 Ferrum 65, Greensboro 59 Florida Tech 65, Barton 56 Fort Valley St. 80, Central St. (Ohio) 69 Georgia Southwestern 83, Lynn 64 Jacksonville 75, Louisiana-Monroe 65 Lees-Mcrae 100, Johnson U. 87 Mary Washington 69, Bridgewater (Va.) 52 Montana St.-Billings 81, Rollins 70 Morehouse 71, Lane 66 Norfolk St. 108, S. Virginia 52 Rhodes 90, Sewanee 79 Savannah St. 71, Spring Hill 54 St. Augustines 75, Elizabeth City St. 69 UCF 74, Maine 51 UNC-Asheville 79, SC State 75 Wake Forest 88, Delaware St. 59

MIDWEST

TODAY

7

THURSDAY BOCA RATON BOWL BOCA RATON, FLA.

Marist 76, Md.-Eastern Shore 52 Marshall 103, Bluefield College Ramblin Rams 70 Millersville 75, Edinboro 63 Mississippi Univ. for Women 68, Penn St.-Brandywine 60 Penn St.-Harrisburg 76, Alvernia 71 Pitt.-Johnstown 91, Bloomsburg 60 Quinnipiac 77, Holy Cross 57 Slippery Rock 63, Shepherd 57, OT West Chester 68, Mercyhurst 63 Wilkes 74, Clarks Summit 40

SOUTH

OPEN

9½ 7½ 4½

TUESDAY FRISCO BOWL FRISCO, TEXAS

Boys basketball — Abq. West Mesa at Capital, 2 p.m.

Española Valley at West Las Vegas, 1:30 p.m.

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

Girls basketball — Española Valley at West Las Vegas, noon

RECORD

PRV

TODAY

O/U

4

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Saturday

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL THE AP TOP 25

1. Purdue (48) 10-1 1534 3 2. Kansas (6) 10-1 1457 2 3. Houston (8) 11-0 1394 4 4. Arizona 8-1 1372 1 5. UConn 10-1 1367 5 6. Marquette 9-2 1235 7 7. Oklahoma 10-0 1062 11 8. Tennessee 8-3 983 12 9. Kentucky 8-2 981 14 10. Baylor 9-1 896 6 11. North Carolina 7-3 773 9 12. Creighton 9-2 734 8 13. Illinois 8-2 727 16 14. FAU 9-2 716 15 15. Gonzaga 8-3 642 10 16. Colorado St. 10-1 588 17 17. BYU 10-1 569 18 18. Clemson 9-1 501 13 19. Texas 8-2 449 19 20. James Madison 10-0 442 20 21. Duke 7-3 311 21 22. Virginia 9-1 287 22 23. Memphis 8-2 274 24. Wisconsin 8-3 269 23 25. Mississippi 10-0 180 Others receiving votes: Miami 97, Auburn 87, Colorado 84, Utah 37, Iowa St. 24, Ohio St. 12, Michigan St. 10, TCU 10, Texas A&M 9, San Diego St. 8, Northwestern 5, Providence 5, Alabama 3, Dayton 3, Nevada 3, New Mexico 2, Grand Canyon 2, Washington 2, Saint Joseph’s 2, South Carolina 1, Mississippi St. 1.

OPEN

1½ 3 1½ 4½ 1½ 2½ 2½ 1½ 3 5½

MONDAY

Boys basketball — Peñasco at Santa Rosa, 6 p.m.

Bernalillo at Taos, 7 p.m.

TODAY

1½ 9½

SUNDAY

Friday

OPEN

4

SATURDAY

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking.

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25thplace vote and previous ranking.

ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL CFP SEMIFINAL

FAVORITE

CS San Bernardino 70, Alaska-Anchorage 64 Cal Lutheran 58, Illinois Wesleyan 52 Chaminade 70, Lincoln University Oaklanders 67 Chicago St. 78, Texas Rio Grande Valley 68 Concordia (Cal.) 81, Academy of Art 74 Denver 89, Adams St. 83 E. Washington 62, Cal Poly 53 Loyola Marymount 76, Detroit 56 Pacific 68, CS Stanislaus 46 Portland St. 75, Fresno St. 72 UC San Diego 83, Sacramento St. 52 UC Santa Cruz 77, Puget Sound 54 West Texas A&M 81, Colorado Mesa 66

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL THE AP TOP 25

Pasadena, Calif.

No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 5 Alabama, 3 p.m.

THURSDAY

FAR WEST

Utah at Detroit, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

Indiana at Memphis, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Chicago, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Washington at Portland, 8 p.m.

NO. 13 LSU VS. WISCONSIN, 10 A.M.

0 21

L

16 16 13 6 4

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Tampa, Fla.

W. KENTUCKY OLD DOMINION

W

Dallas New Orleans Houston Memphis San Antonio

GB

Charlotte at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Miami at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Phila., 5 p.m.

Utah at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Denver at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Houston, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Nashville, Tenn.

Maryland vs. Auburn, noon

First downs 23 16 Total Net Yards 321 297 Rushes-yards 38-178 24-100 Passing 143 197 Punt Returns 3-30 2-7 Kickoff Returns 1-13 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-0 Comp-Att-Int 17-31-2 22-33-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-11 Punts 5-49.6 5-56.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-40 5-35 Time of Possession 32:58 27:02 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Philadelphia, Hurts 13-82, Swift 18-74, Gainwell 6-21, Goedert 1-1. Seattle, Walker 19-86, Charbonnet 4-16, Lock 1-(minus 2).

PASSING: Philadelphia, Hurts 17-31-2-143. Seattle, Lock 22-33-0-208.

RECEIVING: Philadelphia, A.Brown 5-56, D.Smith 5-50, Goedert 4-30, Swift 2-1, Jones 1-6. Seattle, Metcalf 5-78, Smith-Njigba 4-48, Walker 3-26, Lockett 3-21, Fant 3-16, Dissly 2-9, Parkinson 1-6, Bobo 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

— 4½ 5½ 9 17½

PCT

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

MUSIC CITY BOWL

SEA

.731 .556 .520 .393 .074

L

Memphis at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Boston at Golden State, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Portland, 8 p.m.

Atlanta No. 10 Penn St. vs. No. 11 Mississippi, 10 a.m.

First Quarter Phi: Hurts 3 run (Elliott kick), 6:31.

Second Quarter Phi: FG Elliott 27, 6:20.

Sea: FG Myers 26, 1:42.

Third Quarter Sea: Walker 23 run (Myers kick), 10:05.

Phi: Hurts 1 run (Elliott kick), 4:43.

Fourth Quarter Sea: FG Myers 43, 10:00.

Sea: Smith-Njigba 29 pass from Lock (Myers kick), :28.

A: 68,758.

— 2 5½ 9 12½

TUESDAY’S GAMES

SATURDAY, DEC. 30 PEACH BOWL

17 20

.640 .556 .423 .280 .154

Chicago 108, Phila. 104 L.A. Clippers 151, Indiana 127 Toronto 114, Charlotte 99 Cleveland 135, Houston 130, OT Minnesota 112, Miami 108 Atlanta 130, Detroit 124 Oklahoma City 116, Memphis 97 Denver 130, Dallas 104 Utah 125, Brooklyn 108 Sacramento 143, Washington 131 New York at L.A. Lakers, late

SUN BOWL

— —

7 12 12 17 25

W

— 2½ 6 7½ 9½

MONDAY’S GAMES

Jacksonville, Fla. Clemson vs. Kentucky, 10 a.m.

SEATTLE 20, PHILADELPHIA 17

19 15 13 11 2

SUNDAY’S GAMES

San Antonio, Texas No. 12 Oklahoma No. 14 Arizona, 7:15 p.m.

Las Vegas at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Phila., 2:30 p.m.

Baltimore at San Francisco, 6:15 p.m.

GB

Milwaukee Cleveland Indiana Chicago Detroit

W

.800 .692 .560 .500 .423

Boston 114, Orlando 97 New Orleans 146, San Antonio 110 Milwaukee 128, Houston 119 Phoenix 112, Washington 108 Golden State 118, Portland 114

FRIDAY, DEC. 29 GATOR BOWL

MONDAY, DEC. 25

PCT

9 12 15 18 22

PACIFIC

ALAMO BOWL

Cleveland at Houston, 11 a.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

Green Bay at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Indianapolis at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

Seattle at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

Washington at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, 2:05 p.m.

Arizona at Chicago, 2:25 p.m.

Dallas at Miami, 2:25 p.m.

New England at Denver, 6:15 p.m.

L

16 15 11 7 4

NORTHWEST

Orlando, Fla. No. 19 NC State vs. Kansas St., 3:45 p.m.

SUNDAY, DEC. 24

GB

Orlando Miami Atlanta Charlotte Washington

SOUTHWEST

POP-TARTS BOWL

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 2:30 p.m.

Buffalo at L.A. Chargers, 6 p.m.

PCT

5 8 11 13 15

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Annapolis, Md. No. 23 Tulane vs. Virginia Tech, noon

PINSTRIPE BOWL

SATURDAY, DEC. 23

L

20 18 14 13 11

CENTRAL

GUARANTEED RATE BOWL

Phoenix Kansas vs. UNLV, 7 p.m.

W

Boston Phila.

New York Brooklyn Toronto

SOUTHEAST

Detroit Bowling Green vs. Minnesota, noon

NFL

Boys basketball — Academy for Technology and the Classics at Wagon Mound, 5:30 p.m.

Pecos at McCurdy, 7 p.m.

Coronado at Questa, 5:30 p.m.

Mora at Maxwell, 6:30 p.m.

Moriarty at West Las Vegas, 7 p.m.

Girls basketball — Española Valley at Los Lunas, 7 p.m.

Pecos at McCurdy, 5:30 p.m.

Cuba at Escalante, 6;30 p.m.

Coronado at Questa, 5 p.m.

Mora at Maxwell, 5 p.m.

Wrestling — Dual: Abq. Valley at Pojoaque Valley, 4 p.m.

FRIDAY GASPARILLA BOWL TAMPA, FLA.

Boise, Idaho Georgia St. vs. Utah St., 1:30 p.m.

68 VENTURES BOWL

New York Rutgers vs. Miami, 12:15 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Rams, 6:15 p.m.

Wednesday Boys basketball — Monte del Sol at New Mexico School for the Deaf, 6:30 p.m.

Hot Springs at Pojoaque Valley, 7 p.m.

Taos at Las Vegas Robertson, 7 p.m.

Rehoboth 66, Estancia 43 Robertson 63, Socorro 41

FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL

Boston No. 17 SMU vs. Boston College, 9 a.m.

THURSDAY, DEC. 21

Boys basketball — Coronado at Monte del Sol (Fort Marcy), 6:30 p.m.

Miyamura at Pojoaque Valley, 7 p.m.

Valencia at Española Valley, 7 p.m.

Santa Rosa at McCurdy, 7 p.m.

Mesa Vista at Dulce, 7 p.m.

Estancia at Pecos, 7:30 p.m.

Girls basketball — Pojoaque Valley at Santa Fe Indian School, 7 p.m.

Coronado at Monte del Sol (Fort Marcy), 5 p.m.

Española Valley at Valencia, 7 p.m.

Santa Rosa at McCurdy, 5:30 p.m.

Mesa Vista at Dulce, 5:30 p.m.

Estancia at Pecos, 6 p.m.

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL

Fort Worth, Texas No. 24 James Madison vs. Air Force, 1:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, DEC. 28 FENWAY BOWL

Seattle 20, Philadelphia 17

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

BASKETBALL

Houston No. 22 Oklahoma St. vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAME

Frisco, Texas

SATURDAY, DEC. 23 CAMELLIA BOWL

TEXAS BOWL

Carolina 9, Atlanta 7 Cleveland 20, Chicago 17 Houston 19, Tennessee 16, OT Kansas City 27, New England 17 Miami 30, N.Y. Jets 0 New Orleans 24, N.Y. Giants 6 Tampa Bay 34, Green Bay 20 L.A. Rams 28, Washington 20 San Francisco 45, Arizona 29 Buffalo 31, Dallas 10 Baltimore 23, Jacksonville 7

TUESDAY, DEC 19 FRISCO BOWL

Tampa, Fla. Geogia Tech vs. UCF, 4:30 p.m.

HOLIDAY BOWL

SUNDAY’S GAMES

3 3

FRIDAY, DEC. 22 GASPARILLA BOWL

San Diego, Calif.

No. 16 Louisville vs. Southern Cal, 6 p.m.

Cincinnati 27, Minnesota 24, OT Indianapolis 30, Pittsburgh 13 Detroit 42, Denver 17

7 0

Boca Raton, Fla. USF vs. Syracuse, 6 p.m.

Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina vs. West Virginia, 3:30 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Thursday

vin-Poindexter 6-24, Young 8-14, Sanders 1-(minus 1), Helton 1-(minus 17). Old Dominion, Wilson 8-126, Wicks 10-37, Calloway 10-29, Roche 1-10, Granger 1-2, Paige 1-(minus 8).

PASSING: W. Kentucky, Veltkamp 40-52-1-383, Helton 3-4-1-15. Old Dominion, Wilson 13-221-123.

RECEIVING: W. Kentucky, D.Smith 9-77, Messer 7-68, C.Burt 7-35, Helms 5-26, Holiday 4-93, Corley 4-26, Young 3-48, Ervin-Poindexter 3-10, Hutchinson 1-15. Old Dominion, Paige 4-63, Dutton 3-23, K.Williams 3-23, Murphy 1-7, Butler 1-4, Granger 1-3.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: Old Dominion, Sanchez 47, Sanchez 47, Sanchez 23.

DUKE’S MAYO BOWL

THURSDAY’S GAME

PHILADELPHIA SEATTLE

NBA G-LEAGUE 10 a.m. ESPN2 — Winter Showcase: Capital City vs. Indiana, Orlando, Fla. 11:30 a.m. NBATV — Winter Showcase: Maine vs. Austin, Orlando, Fla. 12:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Winter Showcase: Motor City vs. Santa Cruz, Orlando, Fla. 2 p.m. NBATV — Winter Showcase: Mexico City vs. Westchester, Orlando, Fla. 5:30 p.m. ESPNU — Winter Showcase: Osceola vs. South Bay, Orlando, Fla. 7 p.m. NBATV — Winter Showcase: College Park vs. Ontario, Orlando, Fla.

SPORTS BETTING LINE

Girls basketball — Tularosa at West Las Vegas, 5 p.m.

Tuesday

THURSDAY, DEC. 21 BOCA RATON BOWL

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

EAST

NBA 5:30 p.m. TNT — Memphis at New Orleans 8 p.m. TNT — Boston at Golden State

UTSA vs. Marshall, 7 p.m.

NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE

EAST

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — The Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl: UTSA vs. Marshall, Frisco, Texas

PREP SCHEDULE

LINE

at BOWLING GREEN Samford at NOTRE DAME FGCU at BINGHAMTON at BUTLER at INDIANA USC at OLE MISS at CINCINNATI at INDIANA STATE at MEMPHIS at CHATTANOOGA Cornell at ALBANY (NY) Florida at HIGH POINT at JAMES MADISON at WRIGHT STATE at FURMAN at VANDERBILT at SOUTH CAROLINA at FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL Northeastern at MERCER at SFA at TULSA at LOYOLA CHICAGO at FLORIDA STATE at MISSOURI STATE at SMU at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS at DRAKE at MARYLAND Marquette at UC DAVIS at MONTANA STATE at UCLA at CSU BAKERSFIELD at SAINT MARY’S (CA) at CAL BAPTIST

10½ 9½ 8½ 4½ 5½ 11½ 12½ 16½ 12½ 18½ 17½ 2½ 4½ 12½ 4½ 4½ 3½ 28½ 11½ 13½ 2½ 10½ 4½ 3½ 1½ 10½ 22½ 17½ 16½ 17½ 26 8½ 21½ 17½ 4½ 1½ 4½ 19½ 4½ 14½ 3½

UNDERDOG

Hampton at VALPARAISO Citadel at GEORGIA SOUTHERN Niagara Georgetown Morehead State at ALABAMA STATE Troy Merrimack Tennessee State Virginia Gardner-Webb at SIENA Sacred Heart at MICHIGAN UNC Greensboro Coppin State Miami (OH) Presbyterian Western Carolina Winthrop Stetson at CENT. CONN. ST. Queens New Mexico State Mississippi Valley State Charleston Southern North Florida Lindenwood Houston Christian North Dakota State Alcorn State Nicholls State at PROVIDENCE Montana Southern Utah CSU Northridge South Dakota Middle Tennessee Western Kentucky

NHL TUESDAY FAVORITE

LINE

at NEW JERSEY at BOSTON at BUFFALO at CAROLINA at TAMPA BAY at TORONTO Edmonton at NASHVILLE Colorado Ottawa Los Angeles

-176 -182 -172 -140 -176 -122 -142 -114 -265 -114 -260

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Houston Christian 66, Schreiner 40 Omaha 68, Texas Southern 63 SMU 69, Sam Houston St. 64 Texas A&M 95, MVSU 45

FAR WEST

N. Arizona 80, Pepperdine 62 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 83, Cal St.-East Bay 67 San Jose St. 70, CS Northridge 53 Southern Cal 93, Cal St.-Fullerton 44 W. Colorado 51, Utah St. 49

HOCKEY GP W L OT PTS GF GA 29 19 5 28 16 6 31 18 11 31 15 12 32 14 13 31 14 13 32 13 16 26 11 15

5 6 2 4 5 4 3 0

43 94 73 38 106 90 38 92 82 34 110 99 33 105 114 32 87 106 29 90 105 22 88 89

29 21 7 30 17 10 30 14 8 31 16 12 28 15 9 29 16 12 30 14 13 32 10 17

1 3 8 3 4 1 3 5

43 96 80 37 90 79 36 94 100 35 100 100 34 70 80 33 101 104 31 87 84 25 96 117

METROPOLITAN GP W L OT PTS GF GA

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL

GP W

PACIFIC

GP W

Dallas Colorado Winnipeg Nashville Arizona St. Louis Minnesota Chicago

30 31 30 31 30 30 29 30

18 19 18 18 15 15 12 9

L OT PTS

GF GA

L OT PTS

GF GA

8 10 9 13 13 14 13 20

4 2 3 0 2 1 4 1

40 107 95 40 113 96 39 99 79 36 99 94 32 93 86 31 88 99 28 89 95 19 70 109

Vegas 32 21 6 5 47 113 81 Vancouver 32 21 9 2 44 120 79 Los Angeles 27 17 6 4 38 97 67 Calgary 32 13 14 5 31 97 111 Seattle 33 10 14 9 29 90 109 Edmonton 28 13 14 1 27 97 97 Anaheim 31 12 19 0 24 84 105 San Jose 31 9 19 3 21 66 124 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Vancouver 4, Chicago 3 Washington 2, Carolina 1, SO Anaheim 5, New Jersey 1 Colorado 6, San Jose 2 Vegas 6, Ottawa 3

MONDAY’S GAMES

Pittsburgh 4, Minnesota 3 Anaheim 4, Detroit 3 Montreal 3, Winnipeg 2, OT Dallas 4, Seattle 3, OT Calgary 3, Florida 1

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Carolina at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Nashville at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Florida, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Vegas at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Washington at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Edmonton at New Jersey, 5:30 p.m.

Montreal at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Ottawa at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Arizona at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE

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

LINE

+146 +150 +142 +116 +146 +102 +118 -105 +215 -105 +210

Detroit at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m.

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

Seattle at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

SOUTHWEST

Boston Toronto Florida Detroit Tampa Bay Montreal Buffalo Ottawa

Philadelphia Minnesota Columbus Vegas St. Louis N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. ISLANDERS Vancouver at CHICAGO at ARIZONA at SAN JOSE

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Indiana 109, Evansville 56 Kansas St. 102, Oral Roberts 59 Loyola Chicago 77, SIU-Edwardsville 74 N. Illinois 65, E. Illinois 55 UCLA 77, Ohio St. 71 UMKC 121, Falcons 37

ATLANTIC

UNDERDOG

Columbus at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Boston, 5 p.m.

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

Philadelphia at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Vegas at Carolina, 5 p.m.

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

Vancouver at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Signed RHP Michael Wacha to a one-year contract. Acquired RHP Cesar Espinal from Baltimore for RHP Jonathon Heasley.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Claimed RHP Collin Snider off waivers from Kansas City.

ATLANTA BRAVES — Released 1B Matt Carpenter.

Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed C Max Wright.

TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Signed INF Dalton Combs to a contract extension. Signed INF Brandon Hernandez, LHP Didier Vargas, and SS Enrique Valdez.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Signed INF Ethan Lopez.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled G Calle Clang from San Diego (AHL).

BUFFALO SABRES — Waived D Jacob Bryson.

BOSTON BRUINS — Recalled D Mason Lohrei from Providence (AHL).

CAROLINA HURRICANES — Signed G Aaron Dell to a professional tryout agreement.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Recalled C Brendan Gaunce from Cleveland (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Recalled G Matt Murray from Texas (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Reinstated C Dylan Larkin from injured reserve. Assigned C Austin Czarnik to Grand Rapids (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled D Grant Hutton from Bridgeport (AHL).

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Placed D Ryan Shea on waivers.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Reassigned D Sean Day to Syracuse (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Loaned F Joe Snively to Hershey (AHL). Placed D Lucas Johansen on waivers.

FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed CB DJ Ivey and DT DJ Reader on injured reserve.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed OL Cole Strange on injured reserved.

SOCCER Major League Soccer ATLANTA UNITED — Re-signed G Quentin Westberg to a one-year contract.

FC DALLAS — Signed F Malik Henry-Scott to a one-year contract, with club options through 2027.

NEW YORK RED BULLS — Traded F Tom Barlow to Chicago in exchange for $125,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) in 2024 and an additional $125,000 in GAM in 2025.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Acquired $325,000 in 2024 General Allocation Money (GAM) from Columbus in exchange for two 2024 International Roster Slots.

SPORTS

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

SP OR T S TALK

The Associated Press

T

urnarounds happen quickly in the NFL. Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills have quieted talk about coach Sean McDermott’s job security with a pair of impressive wins.

The Dallas Cowboys suddenly look like pretenders because they can’t win on the road.

Joe Flacco has gone from his couch to becoming a Cleveland folk hero in less than a month.

Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs just needed a trip to New England to get back on the winning track.

Tommy DeVito was the toast of New York and New Jersey until the Saints whipped the Giants and mocked his celebrations.

The Eagles are shaking things up like a desperate team searching for answers instead of a division leader battling for the No. 1 seed.

The up-and-down Jaguars still sit in first place despite three straight losses.

At least Brock Purdy, Christian McCaffrey and the San Francisco 49ers are consistent.

The game of Week 15 turned into a dud when Buffalo dominated Dallas and exposed the Cowboys in a 31-10 victory Sunday.

In the process, Dak Prescott’s MVP bid took a hit.

Allen helped the Bills (8-6) save their season in a win at Kansas City last week and watched James Cook carry the offense by leading a stellar rushing attack against the Cowboys.

Sanders is luring linemen to Buffaloes to protect QB son; now they need to jell

By Pat Graham

The Associated Press

Allen completed only seven passes against Dallas because Micah Parsons and the rest of the defense couldn’t stop Cook, who ran for 179 yards.

“We weren’t physical enough,” Cowboys cornerback Stephon Gilmore said. “They were more physical than we were.”

Now, nobody is talking about firing McDermott. Buffalo still has a shot to win the AFC East.

The Bills need to gain one game on the Dolphins (10-4) to make their showdown in Miami in Week 18 for first place. The Cowboys (10-4) visit the Dolphins next week while the Bills visit the Chargers (5-9).

“The NFL is a one-week-at-atime league,” McDermott said.

“We’re on a short week. We’ve got a couple guys banged-up. We have to go out West so that’ll be a challenge in itself.”

Flacco knows all about the fickle nature of life in the NFL. The former Super Bowl MVP was unemployed before the Browns signed him to the practice squad on Nov. 20. He stepped into the starting lineup three weeks ago and has led Cleveland to consecutive wins with 300-yard passing performances in both games.

Flacco overcame three picks and rallied the Browns to a 20-17 victory over Chicago. Cleveland (9-5) leads the AFC wild-card race despite starting four quarterbacks this season.

“Obviously, Joe made some unbelievable throws there when we needed them,” Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said. “Just can’t say enough good things about how he played in that fourth quarter.”

JEFFREY T. BARNES/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen waves to fans as he walks off the field after the Bills routed the Dallas Cowboys 31-10 on Sunday in Orchard Park, N.Y.

The Chiefs avoided the first three-game losing streak in the Mahomes era with a 27-17 win over the hapless Patriots.

Mahomes threw for 305 yards and two TDs and also had two interceptions, including one on a ball that bounced out of Kadarius Toney’s hands.

Mahomes, who threw a tantrum on the sideline last week after Toney’s offside penalty negated a go-ahead score in a loss to Buffalo, was fuming after the play.

But Toney’s mistake didn’t cost the Chiefs this time around.

“Losing three straight in this league really puts you in a tough spot and I thought the guys did a good job,” Mahomes said.

“That’s a really good defense.

Offensively, we scored points early. On defense, shut the door, kind of like they’ve been doing these last few weeks, but we have to continue to get better and better.”

The Giants had won three in a row behind DeVito before running into New Orleans. DeVito was sacked seven times in a 24-6 loss and the Saints mimicked his finger celebration after big plays.

The loss put New York (5-9) on the brink of playoff elimination.

The Eagles clinched a playoff berth without taking the field but they made a big change.

Coming off lopsided losses to San Francisco and Dallas, coach Nick Sirianni stripped defensive coordinator Sean Desai of playcalling duties and gave senior defensive assistant Matt Patricia that role.

With Jalen Hurts questionable because of an illness, the Eagles (10-3) have to beat Seattle (6-7) on Monday night to keep pace with the 49ers in the race for the No. 1 seed.

Purdy tossed four TD passes and McCaffrey had 187 scrimmage yards and three scores in a 45-29 rout over Arizona.

The 49ers (11-3) have won five in a row after losing three straight.

They’ve been the NFL’s most complete team and have the inside track on the NFC’s No. 1 seed.

But with a showdown against the AFC-leading Baltimore Ravens (11-3) coming up Christmas night, that can change in a hurry.

Leading the way Continued from Page B-1

the North, but he endures because he produces good teams on the court. He, too, has a pair of state titles, and his Robertson teams have reached the 3A championship game for two years running. The Mora and New Mexico Highlands University graduate has repeatedly shown he is one of the best coaches in the state, having amassed more than 400 wins.

Three of his teams have either won a state title or played for one. Three more have reached the state semifinals. Branch has won in every classification except for one — 5A. His staying power is such that his two state titles came 28 years apart — the longest span between titles by any coach.

5. JOEY TRUJILLO, ESPAÑOLA VALLEY (BOYS) Trujillo’s coaching path mimics many others in the North. He started in the small schools, made his name at his alma mater (Mesa Vista) and parlayed that into successful stints at big schools. Trujillo guided Pojoaque for 13 seasons and guided the Elks to a state title in 2008. He also made the transition from an offensive-oriented coaching style to that of a defensive style after taking some hard knocks in his first few years at Pojoaque. He made his return to the sidelines after a five-year hiatus in 2022, so time will tell how he helps the Sundevils transition back to the contenders they were for much of the past 20 years.

6. MANUEL ROMERO, MORA (BOYS) Romero is another in a long line of highly successful Northern coaches who cut their teeth at the small school level. In his almost 30-year career, Romero has amassed 418 wins and led his alma mater to state titles in 1998 and 2005. But he has shown he is adept at any level, having guided Robertson to three 3A semifinal appearances in a nine-year stint.

Romero was notorious in the first half of his career for his patented (well, it should be) boot stomping to catch his team’s attention. He traded in sneakers for boots, but he still carries a voice that cuts through the noise of any gym.

B-3

COLLEG E FO O TBALL

Allen, Bills show how quickly things can turn around in NFL

By Rob Maaddi

THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN

JIM WEBER/NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO

Lady Panthers head coach Mandy Montoya calls a play on the court during Peñasco’s semifinal matchup against Mesa Vista in the Northern Rio Grande Tournament in January 2022. Montoya guided Peñasco to the Class 2A semifinals in 2022, and this year’s team is expected to be among the best in 2A.

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Las Vegas Robertson girls basketball coach Jose “Majic” Medina directs his team during a February 2022 game against Santa Fe Indian School. Since Medina became coach in 2018, the Cardinals have won two state titles and played for another, using a full-court, pressing style that exhausts most teams.

7. MANDY MONTOYA, PEÑASCO (GIRLS)

It’s never easy when a coach takes over a program that is ready to contend, as the whispers in the coaching ranks always hover because of that. These whispers should have fallen silent in the years succeeding Montoya’s start with the Panthers in 201920, a year they were the 2A runners-up. She guided Peñasco to the 2A semifinals in 2022 and this year’s team is expected to be among the best in 2A. Montoya had the pedigree to be an excellent coach. She was a part of Coronado’s state championship team in 2003 and spent several years as an assistant coach at Northern New Mexico College

before taking over at Peñasco.

8. THOMAS VIGIL, MESA VISTA (BOYS)

Once a Trojan, always a Trojan.

While he spent three seasons at Pojoaque Valley after Trujillo left, Vigil’s best seasons were at his alma mater. His teams are known for playing with high intensity and strong guard play and are always entertaining to watch.

The Trojans won a pair of district titles during Vigil’s first stint from 2006-16 and they came a bucket short of reaching the 2A title game in 2011.

9. ANIKA AMON, SANTA FE PREP (GIRLS)

Sometimes, it’s not about the wins, but the struggle. Amon

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ATC head coach Bobby Romero pushes for a traveling call against Texico during ATC’s Class 2A semifinal win on March 10. Now in his third year at ATC, Romero has the team to beat in 2A, as the bulk of last year’s state runner-up squad returns.

has been a faithful Prep coach, having spent 13 seasons over 21 years overseeing a girls program that always faces an uphill battle.

The Blue Griffins have played as an independent program ever since the school moved up to 3A in 2018, as she continues to try to build a competitive squad despite a dearth of players who can play at that level. There was even a year in which they combined with the now-defunct Santa Fe Waldorf for a co-op team. What shouldn’t be forgotten is that she molded Prep into a competitive team in 2A, making the postseason in 2013 and 2014, and can get the most out of her teams.

10. BOBBY ROMERO, ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY AND THE CLASSICS (BOYS) Any time you can guide three teams at once, you’ve proven your coaching chops. Romero’s introduction to the head-coaching ranks came at Española Valley in 2018, when he took over the girls program after a coaching shake-up that left him coaching all three levels for the last seven weeks of the season.

Now in his third year at ATC, Romero has the team to beat in 2A, as the bulk of last year’s state-runner-up squad returns.

If he stays at the school, he will again have his skills tested when his senior-dominant squad graduates, but chances are the Phoenix will continue to be a force.

BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders recently reeled in a large bass as he took a break from the recruiting trail. His trophy catches from the transfer portal have been sizeable, too.

The Colorado Buffaloes coach delivered on his promise to strengthen his offensive line to protect his often-hit quarterback son, Shedeur.

He brought in linemen from the University of Houston, Connecticut, UTEP and two from Indiana. He also hooked one of the nation’s top high school linemen and a junior college talent.

To land more than 2,100 pounds of added blocking power was no easy feat. Offensive linemen are highly coveted in the portal. Every team out there is searching for them. As starters, for sure, but for depth as well. Play in just one game, on any level, and a center, tackle or guard can expect to receive the red-carpet treatment.

“All these kids have been starters. They’re not backups.

They weren’t lower-level players. They were starters in Power Five,” Sanders said Monday in an interview with The Associated Press. “And they know darn well they’ve got a first-round pick — maybe the first kid in the whole draft — that they’re protecting. That means something to them.”

Next challenge: Getting those in-the-trenches players to mesh.

“There’s no secret that an offensive line is by far the most difficult group to get to jell and most important group to get to jell,” said former Colorado offensive lineman Tyler Polumbus, who won a Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos following the 2015 season. “You go get those Band-Aids, but you certainly can’t give up on the high schoolers.”

Sanders vowed to upgrade his offensive front after a 3-0 start ended with a 4-8 finish in his first season in Boulder.

Shedeur Sanders was sacked 52 times and sat out the season finale due to a fracture in his back.

Going into signing day this week, Deion Sanders has so far landed Houston guard Tyler Johnson, UTEP guard Justin Mayers, Connecticut center Yakiri Walker and Indiana tackle Kahlil Benson and guard Matthew Bedford. He also added junior college player Issiah Walker Jr. and Jordan Seaton, a five-star recruit out of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. “I didn’t want to go somewhere and just be another guy,” Seaton said on The Rich Eisen Show. “I wanted to make history

and start from the ground up.”

Usually, teams add a piece or two up front. Michigan, the top seed in the College Football Playoff, brought in Drake Nugent (Stanford) and LaDarius Henderson (Arizona State).

Both performed at All-Big Ten levels. Myles Hinton also transferred from Stanford.

That’s the case all over college football — center Matt Lee earned second-team All-ACC honors for Miami after his arrival from Central Florida; Ajani Cornelius started at right tackle for Fiesta Bowl-bound Oregon following his time at Rhode Island.

Then there’s Alabama, whose line is developed from within. It’s a fine line between developing players or relying on the transfer portal in this win-now atmosphere for college coaches.

Ephi Levy, the director of player personnel at South Florida, said his program is committed to recruiting players out of high school, particularly from the Florida/ Georgia corridor. Of their 25 “hard commits” compiled by 247Sports, 22 hail from those two states. The 247Sports rankings has the Bulls with the highest class among the group of five schools.

To keep them, though, requires constant work.

“If it’s a highly ranked high school kid, you’ve got to make sure they’re getting quality snaps or practice snaps and you’ve got to keep them in tune,” Levy explained. “It’s a balance in this day and age, where you’re not just going out and recruiting other players, you’re also recruiting your own team.”

Sanders relied heavily on the portal when he first arrived in Boulder from Jackson State (a nation-leading 56 newcomer transfers). But he couldn’t change things overnight. Not to his expectations, anyway, and especially up front. The Buffaloes were also at the bottom in rushing during their final season in the Pac-12 before moving to the Big 12.

He bulked up his line through the portal, along with adding skill players such as Vanderbilt receiver Will Sheppard and University of Kentucky twins, quarterback Destin Wade and linebacker Keaten Wade. Colorado’s transfer class is currently rated No. 2 by 247Sports.

“We built [the line] last year through the portal. You can do it,” said AK Mogulla, the director of player personnel at Auburn. “But you can’t sustain with it over the course of time. ... If we do that one year (reach into the portal), the next year, you better go out and sign some pretty darn good high school guys.”

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the Rose Bowl against Utah.

“Definitely kind of similar.

Same kind of corner. I’ve been making catches like that for a long time,” Smith-Njigba said.

Lock was also the lead blocker on Kenneth Walker III’s 23-yard touchdown run in the third quarter that pulled Seattle even at 10-10. Walker finished with 86 yards rushing.

Hurts, who was questionable to play with an illness, had a difficult night. He had 13 carries for 82 yards and two touchdowns, but he was just 17 of 31 passing for 143 yards with the two picks.

Hurts was unable to practice after getting sick on Saturday.

He flew separately from his teammates on a private jet to Seattle and it wasn’t clear he would play until the list of inactive players was announced 90 minutes before kickoff.

Hurts didn’t look like he felt great, but for the first three quarters he played well enough. He capped a pair of long scoring drives with touchdown runs of 3 yards and 1 yard. Hurts now has 14 rushing touchdowns, tied with Cam Newton in 2011 for the most by

a quarterback in a season.

“I liked the opportunity to go out there and execute regardless what the circumstances is and I didn’t do a good job with that,” Hurts said. “I didn’t lead good enough. I didn’t do a good enough job in any circumstance.”

STARTING LOCK Smith remained sidelined by a groin injury, although he was active for the game and warmed up on his own a couple hours before kickoff. Seattle coach Pete Carroll said the decision to start Lock was made about 90 minutes before the game.

Lock didn’t put up big numbers, but he avoided major mistakes and was great on the final drive, when he completed 5 of 10 passes and accounted for all 92 yards.

“It’s a memory you’re never going to lose. He’s going to hold on to this Monday night forever,” Carroll said. “He earned it, he deserved it. He played up to the great moments in the game and came through.”

UP NEXT Eagles: Host the New York Giants on Christmas Day. Seahawks: At Tennessee on Sunday.

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Gumbel and HBO’s ‘Real Sports’ air last episode tonight after 29 years

By David Bauder

The Associated Press

NEW YORK — For the last few years of its life, HBO’s Real Sports taped its episodes on the same Manhattan block where CBS’ 60 Minutes resides. They shared a sensibility along with a neighborhood.

But while 60 Minutes rolls along in its sixth decade, the monthly sports magazine helmed by Bryant Gumbel is calling it quits in its 29th year.

The final, 90-minute episode premieres at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Sports was a lens through which the magazine looked at all manner of issues, winning awards for pieces on corruption at the International Olympic Committee, labor abuses as Qatar prepared for the World Cup, concussions in sports and children forced to be jockeys for camel races in the Middle East.

Real Sports told some inspirational stories, like Mary Carillo’s profile of the Hoyts, a father who ran marathons pushing the wheelchair of his son with cerebral palsy son, and flashed humor.

Who won or lost? There were other guys for that.

“I’m OK,” Gumbel said before taping the last episode.

“I’m sad, but everything has to end at some point and this is the right time for this to end.”

Backstage, a cart filled with champagne was wheeled down a hallway. Correspondents, producers and their families wandered through offices, saying farewells. Gumbel’s wife, Hilary, and his grandchildren settled into seats in the control room to watch the final taping.

Gumbel is 75, at the end of a contract, and HBO is now controlled by a company, Warner Bros. Discovery, on the hunt for cost savings. While the show’s exit makes sense, the fear is that a form of sports journalism is leaving for good, too.

“It has been the gold standard in sports journalism on TV for the last three decades and it really is quite a loss,” said Mark Hyman, director of the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism at the University of Maryland. “It checked all the boxes — timely, ambitious, wellfunded, independent.”

Increasingly, sports news comes from outlets owned by leagues, like the NFL or MLB networks, or networks whose businesses depend greatly on winning rights deals, he said.

“The show tried to do some things in sports journalism that

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He had forearm issues in 2019 that limited him to 12 starts for the Tampa Bay Rays.

In 2021, he had partial tears in the ulnar collateral ligament and a flexor strain of his right elbow. He opted for rehab, but that didn’t work and he missed the rest of the season before having Tommy John surgery. He returned late in the 2022 season.

“We feel good he’s going to go out and be able to take the ball as much as we need him to,” Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes said. “We’re expecting full-go from Tyler.”

Last season, Glasnow missed a couple months because of an oblique injury. He ended up making 21 starts, going 10-7 with a 3.53 ERA. “The majority of the innings I’ve missed have been related to the same injury,” he said, speaking from a vehicle with the sunroof open to reveal a blue sky, sunglasses dangling from his T-shirt and wearing a seat belt. “Ever since I got it fixed it’s never really been something that I’ve thought about. I’m looking forward to having some healthy seasons for sure.”

In 2020, Glasnow started Game 1 of the World Series against the Dodgers in Texas, where the postseason was held because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He lost, and the Dodgers went on to win their first championship since 1988.

“It’ll be an awesome experience to play for my dream team,” he said. “It’s always been one of my favorite places to play, so I’m excited to go back

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no one else was doing,” Gumbel said. “I think it was one of the few avenues that could honestly explore Bryant issues withGumbel out having to worry about TODAY ratings or ON TV sponsorships or relation8 p.m. on HBO — Final episode ships. of Real Sports “I’ve been with Bryant on the other Gumbel side of that coin,” he said. “I’ve worked for networks who were what they would call now the ‘broadcast partner’ of a sports entity. And you’d only be a fool to think you can follow any story wherever it wants if it collides with that relationship. Life doesn’t work that way.”

When athletes agreed to appear on Real Sports, they knew they were agreeing to a challenging interview, much like 60 Minutes guests knew what they were signing up for, Carillo said.

Now athletes can control their own messages through social media or outlets like The Players’ Tribune, she said.

“I wish we could have kept going,” she said. “But times have changed.”

Carillo has been with Real Sports since 1997. Other prominent correspondents have included Jon Frankel, Andrea Kremer, Armen Keteyian, Soledad O’Brien and David Scott.

The late sportswriting legend Frank Deford was on from 1995 to 2014.

Gumbel takes pride in having never missed a show taping in 29 years despite a divorce, two bouts with cancer, seven surgeries and a particularly gruesome face injury — he showed a picture on his phone — that required 68 stitches.

He recalls conversations with Deford about age diminishing the ability of people in their line of work. “Frank used to tell me, ‘I can still turn a phrase. I just can’t do it as often as I used to,’ ” Gumbel said.

He can relate. Gumbel has considered what many athletes contend with at the end of their careers.

“I’ve always thought I’d rather leave a year too early than a day too late,” he said.

“I never wanted to be the guy who overstayed his welcome.”

there and soak it all up again.”

Growing up, Glasnow would battle the “pretty crazy” traffic on the 32-mile drive from his home in Santa Clarita to attend Dodgers games and watch his favorite player, three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw.

“I remember sitting in the stands and looking at the players in the dugout and having overwhelming jealousy,” he said. “It’s like I have to go to school tomorrow and you guys get to play baseball.”

Glasnow had one season remaining at $25 million with the Rays and would have been eligible for free agency after next season.

“I guess it’s never really been about making as much as I possibly can,” he said. “It’s been a lot more about being somewhere I want to be and the life I guess I could live. For me, it was plenty of money. I’m super happy with the money and it’s somewhere I’m super happy to be.”

Glasnow said he called former Dodgers and quizzed them about playing for the franchise.

“It’s such a similar feel to the Rays. I guess the only difference is that the Dodgers have a lot more money,” he said, smiling. “It’s very winning is everything, but not at the expense of a personality. Everyone just seems very cool.”

Glasnow will wear No. 31 for the Dodgers in a nod to his old Little League jersey number.

He wore No. 20 with the Rays.

“I’m going back home,” he said. “It definitely gives me like the butterflies.”

He hopes his return gives him a ring, too.

“The only thing that matters to me is winning a World Series,” he said.

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Club World Cup reboot FIFA’s overhauled tournament could change face of soccer and spark a player backlash

By James Robson

The Associated Press

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32-team World Cup for clubs is FIFA’s big play to change the face of soccer.

If successful, it could follow the English Premier League and Champions League as one of the most popular and lucrative sports competitions in the world, generating billions of dollars.

Conversely, it could spark a backlash from players and coaches, who already complain about the congested match calendar.

“I am not against new competitions, I am against the lack of time to recover year by year. This should change,” Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said Monday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where they aim to win the last Club World Cup before it is radically rebooted.

World players’ union FIFPRO went further after FIFA announced the dates of the first edition of the expanded tournament, which will be hosted by the United States from June 15 to July 13, 2025.

“The extreme mental and physical pressures at the pinnacle of the game is the principal concern of players with multiple club and national team competitions, leading to exhaustion, physical injuries, mental health issues, diminished performance, and risks to career longevity,” FIFPRO said.

On Sunday, FIFA said the dates would be “harmoniously aligned with the international match calendar” to ensure sufficient rest for players ahead of the start of domestic leagues.

But a significantly expanded tournament in 2025 means top players face three straight years of major competitions during the usual offseason, given the European Championship and Copa America are being staged in 2024 and the next World Cup is in 2026.

It is planned that the Club World Cup will be held every four years after 2025.

“Clubs play a fundamental role in world football, and the Club World Cup will be a major milestone in providing clubs from all confederations with a fitting stage on which to shine at the highest level of the game,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino said.

Will it work?

It is a peculiar quirk of soccer that a global club event has never captured the imagination of fans and teams around the world.

In its current format, the European and South American champions enter at the semifinals stage and have to play just two games to win the title.

More often than not, the final is between those two continents, with European teams dominating the modern era. Only Brazilian team Corinthians has broken Europe’s winning run in 16 years.

The sense of formality likely hasn’t helped the tournament capture wider interest, with teams from Asia and Africa not expected to upset giants such as Real Madrid, Barcelona and Liverpool.

The fact it is staged in the middle of the

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European season does not help.

New format The 32-team tournament addresses those issues, with 12 European and six South American teams participating. Asia and Africa will have four teams each, plus four from North and Central America and the Caribbean.

The tournament will be staged during the offseason for many leagues, which is when major tournaments are traditionally played.

With no competition from the likes of the English Premier League, the Club World Cup has the potential to own the space around the event.

The format will emulate the men’s and women’s World Cups, with eight groups of four. Two teams advance from each group, leading to a knockout stage from the round of 16 through to the final.

FIFA considered a six-game tournament with eight group winners advancing to a quarterfinals round. The concern was that format would create too many dead games in the group stage.

Qualifying teams FIFA has established a qualifying criteria based on winning each confederation’s biggest title, such as the Champions League, and ranking points for performance in that competition.

Manchester City, Madrid and Chelsea have already qualified as the three most recent Champions League winners.

Bayern, Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan, Porto and Benfica are also set to take part via their ranking points, FIFA said.

Copa Libertadores winners from the last three seasons — Brazil’s Palmeiras, Flamengo and Fluminense — have also qualified.

Seattle Sounders, along with Mexico’s Monterrey and Club Leon have qualified via CONCACAF Champions Cup wins.

From Asia, Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal and Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds are guaranteed places.

African entrants include Al Ahly of Egypt and Wydad of Morocco.

Oceania will be represented by New Zealand team Auckland City.

Countries are capped to two teams unless more than two win a continental title. The first expanded tournament will be without storied English teams Liverpool and Manchester United.

Backlash FIFPRO has called for discussions to introduce player health and safety regulations as a “matter of urgency.”

A report this year by the world players’ union analyzed the impact of what it described as “extreme calendar congestion” last season when the World Cup was staged in Qatar in November and December. It said 43% of World Cup players surveyed experienced “extreme or increased mental fatigue.”

Last season, Manchester United and Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes made 70 appearances for club and country, including a run of 20 consecutive games. Manchester City and Spain midfielder Rodri played in 10 different competitions.

“If you look at it, it’s a bit crazy — the rest that we get and the risk of injuries. If we have this many games for so long, the games will lose the energy, lose the intensity,” City midfielder Bernardo Silva said on Monday.

“No complaints, but the amount of games makes it complicated to be fit all the time and for our energy levels to be proper.”

To add to the demands on players, the rebooted Club World Cup comes at the end of the first season of the revamped Champions League, which sees teams play eight games in the first phase, rather than six.

There’s more While the Club World Cup has been expanded, FIFA will also hold an annual Intercontinental Cup. It appears to replace the current Club World Cup, and will see the Champions League winner face the winner of a playoff between the champions from the other confederations.

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Oregon and Washington pledged to join the Big Ten, where Southern California and UCLA had already committed. Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah fled for the Big 12. Stanford and California found a life line in the Atlantic Coast Conference, a league with all its football-playing members currently in the Eastern time zone.

The four new West Coast Big Ten schools will be no closer than 1,500 miles from any of their new conference rivals.

Along with Texas and Oklahoma relocating from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference, all will join their new leagues before the start of next college football season.

“These are seismic moves,” former Fox Sports executive Bob Thompson said.

The end of the Pac-12 ushered in the super conference era and laid bare the bottom line of college sports.

“I don’t know what the institutions that are involved will say was the motivation, but it was money in every case,” former Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said.

Next year, the Big Ten will have 18 schools, the Big 12 and SEC 16 each and the ACC 17 football-playing members, including SMU in Dallas.

The Pac-12 is likely to survive with Oregon State and Washington State rebuilding the conference, but it will no longer reside among college sports’ super wealthy.

The Power Five is now a Power Four, but within that there is a Big Two. The Big Ten and SEC now have media rights deals that will allow them to provide yearly payouts to their members of upwards of $70 million. The ACC and Big 12 are hoping to stay within $30 million per year per school of those stratospheric numbers.

This all comes as the prospect of major college football players being directly paid by schools becomes more realistic. Just two weeks ago, NCAA President Charlie Baker proposed a plan to do exactly that.

“How much of the realignment moves are to position these universities for better success in the NIL world?” Thompson asked.

The frantic culmination of this round of realignment came from late July to early September, but the first domino was tipped in the summer of 2021 when it was revealed that Texas

and Oklahoma were bolting the Big 12 for the SEC. That, said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, cleared the decks for schools eager to “take advantage of free agency.”

When the best the Pac-12 could do was a partnership with Apple that had a smaller annual guarantee than those of the ACC and Big 12, it sent schools shopping for a better deal.

“I don’t know that the four members that came to the Big 12 were moving toward something as much as they were trying to ensure that they didn’t go down with the ship, relative to the Pac12,” Bowlsby said.

Conference realignment has been a part of college sports for about as long as games have been game on campus, primarily driven by schools and leagues jockeying for prestige, better competition and more robust revenue streams.

The most recent round of realignment felt more predatory. Survival of the fittest.

“In short, I think it was unnecessary,” Bowlsby said. “I don’t I don’t think the college athletics ecosystem is better with the absence of the Pac12.”

The top of college sports should be heading into a few years of relative peace when it comes to realignment. Each of the remaining power conferences is locked into a media rights deal through at least the 2029-30 school year.

Thompson said he believes the future of major college football could be a super league similar to what has been proposed in European soccer.

“So, let’s say it’s the top 40 brands or the top whatever brands in football only, they go off and they do the super league and everything else stays at the conference level,” Thompson said. “People may decide that maybe that regionality we had a while ago wasn’t a bad thing for all the other sports.”

A new competitive reality is also coming to college football and it could be harsh for some schools.

“I think there are some in the larger conferences that will clearly be marginalized, and the money won’t be worth it because they’ll there’ll be traditional losers on a regular basis,” Bowlsby said. “And I think there will institutions that have been traditional winners that will be turn into institutions that are playing in the middle of the pack most of the time, that’s going to be a big adjustment.”

Clippers rout Pacers 151-127 for eighth straight victory INDIANAPOLIS — James Harden scored 21 of his season-best 35 points in the fourth quarter and had nine assists as the Los Angeles Clippers extended the league’s longest active winning streak to eight games, routing the Indiana Pacers 151-127 on Monday night.

Kawhi Leonard added 28 points for Los Angeles and Paul George added 27 against his former team.

Facing the league’s second-worst defense, the Clippers matched their season-high point total for a half with 77 in the first on the way to their highest-scoring game of the season.

Bennedict Mathurin had a season-high 34 points to lead Indiana. Isaiah Jackson scored 15 points while starting in place of injured two-time NBA blocks champion Myles Turner.

All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton had an off night after missing Saturday’s game with a bruised knee. He had eight points, 11 assists and four turnovers.

Leonard and George seemed to enjoy tormenting George’s former fans, who have routinely booed him each time he’s returned since forcing a trade in the summer of 2017.

This time, they took full advantage as the Pacers’ usual turbo-charged offense looked a step slow following a 12-day trip that took them through three time zones.

The Pacers’ offense looked fine during a back-and-forth first quarter and even midway through the second when Indiana took a 51-46 lead. But it didn’t last.

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Tampa Bay-based DeBartolo Development started foundation and utility work on 17 acres in November 2022.

The building permit was issued about a month ago. The property is located at 5300 Las Soleras Drive near Cerrillos Road, behind Dion’s, McDonald’s and the State Employees Credit Union.

DeBartolo is targeting Los Alamos National Laboratory employees and also staff at the neighboring Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center, said President and Chief Operating Officer Ed Kobel.

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The units will have 9-foot ceilings, stainless steel appliances and granite counters. Flooring for some units will be wood, others carpet and some bamboo.

“We wanted to have some different combinations to make it interesting,” Kobel said. “Everything is a little highend. We want to create an interaction of people. What we find is if you make new friends, you stay another year.”

Some 35 apartment projects have been proposed, built or are under construction in Santa Fe in the last five years.

“We saw the hospital next door and how there is a shortage of housing for staff,” Kobel said. “Los Alamos is a juggernaut. We thought it would be interesting to come and provide quality housing. We think it will be the nicest building in town.”

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DeBartolo Development is owned by former San Francisco 49ers owner Edward “Eddie” DeBartolo Jr. DeBartolo typically develops and then sells projects, but Kobel said the company does operate eight apartment communities.

“You know, it’s hard to say” if DeBartolo will operate Arcadia, Kobel said.

“We’re a family operation. It’s a special location.”

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city’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund instead of providing below-market rental rates on 15% of the units as the city requires for new developments.

At 332 units, Arcadia would be the second-largest apartment project on one property in Santa Fe, behind 355-unit Madera Apartments under construction on South Meadows Road near N.M. 599.

The three-phase Vizcaya apartments with 412 combined units has phases across the street from each other.

Madera will start leasing its first 60 units in January; within 60 days, the second set of 40 to 60 units will be available. This pattern will continue until the first phase of 220 units are complete; the second phase of 135 units is expected to start construction in late 2024 or early 2025, developer Carlos Garcia said.

Fewer electric vehicles will qualify for federal tax credits in 2024

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Vehicles move along the 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV assembly line in June at the General Motors Orion Assembly in Lake Orion, Mich. General Motors said it is assessing whether its electric lineup, which includes the Chevrolet Bolt and an electric version of the Silverado pickup, will qualify for federal tax credits.

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fforts to fight global warming could suffer a setback next year when new rules reduce the number of electric cars that qualify for a federal tax credit.

The credits, up to $7,500 a vehicle, have helped make electric cars more affordable, bringing the cost of some models below $30,000. Next year, for the first time, dealers will be able to give buyers the credit when they purchase a car, rather than telling them to claim it on their tax returns.

But qualifying for the subsidy will become more difficult Jan. 1 because of Biden administration rules intended to encourage automakers to manufacture vehicles and parts in North America, while bypassing China. Most automakers are still years away from breaking their dependence on China for batteries and essential materials like refined lithium.

The stricter rules, which stem from the Inflation Reduction Act, throw up another impediment to electric vehicles.

Sales of such cars and trucks are growing less briskly than a year ago because of high interest rates and drivers’ anxiety about finding charging stations.

Electric vehicles are still the fastest-growing segment of the auto industry, and Americans have bought more than 1 million this year. Sales will rise another 32% in 2024, according to BloombergNEF, compared with 47% in 2023. But Ford Motor, General Motors and Tesla have slowed investment as the pace of growth has cooled.

The list of fully electric vehicles that qualify for tax credits was already limited. Under rules that took effect this year, the credit was available only to

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Stricter electric vehicle incentive rules will disqualify the Ford Mustang Mach-E, which has been eligible for half the credit and was the fourth-most-popular U.S. electric vehicle this year.

cars manufactured in North America.

To collect the full credit, carmakers also must meet quotas on how much of their battery components and certain raw materials come from the United States or trade allies. Tesla, General Motors, Ford, Volkswagen, Rivian and Nissan are the only companies offering electric cars that qualify for at least a partial credit. Some plug-in hybrid cars from Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Jeep and Lincoln also qualify for tax breaks.

New rules kicking in Jan. 1 add another set of restrictions, disqualifying vehicles containing components made in China or made elsewhere by a firm under the control of the Chinese government.

“If it was already confusing for consumers, it gets even more confusing,” said Kevin Roberts, director of industry insights and analytics at CarGurus, an

online marketplace.

Tesla, which accounts for half of all the electric vehicles sold in the United States, has warned on its website that the least expensive Model 3 sedan and a long-range version will no longer qualify after Dec. 31. The cars have a battery made in China. The existing credits lowered the price of the base Model 3 to around $30,000, on a par with similarly equipped gasoline cars including Toyota Camry or Honda Accord.

The stricter rules will also disqualify Ford’s Mustang Mach-E, which has been eligible for half the credit and was the fourth-most-popular U.S. electric vehicle this year. Ford is still figuring out whether the F-150 Lighting, an electric pickup, will be eligible, a spokesperson said.

The rules are complex and could still be modified by administration officials,

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leading to confusion among industry executives. In the worst case, only a handful of vehicles will qualify.

Volkswagen said it is “cautiously optimistic” that its ID.4 electric sport utility vehicle, made in Chattanooga, Tenn., will continue to get the credit.

General Motors said it is assessing whether its electric lineup, which includes the Chevrolet Bolt and an electric version of the Silverado pickup, will qualify. Nissan, whose electric Leaf is eligible for half of the $7,500 credit, did not respond to a request for comment. Rivian, whose electric pickups and SUVs have qualified, also did not respond.

There is another way drivers can benefit from the credit. Under an exception intended for businesses with vehicle fleets, the Inflation Reduction Act allows dealers to apply the subsidy to leased vehicles and pass it on to customers. That wrinkle has helped Hyundai and other foreign automakers remain competitive even though they do not produce electric vehicles and batteries in the United States.

More than 40% of Hyundai’s electric vehicle sales are leases, a spokesperson said, up from just 5% before new restrictions took effect this year. The same provision in the law has allowed people who lease cars made abroad by Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volvo and Polestar to receive the credit indirectly.

But leasing is not a panacea. Many people prefer to own their cars, and foreign automakers are sore that they have been excluded from the subsidy available to buyers. The electric vehicle credit “is overly complex and unfortunately creating customer and dealer confusion,” Volvo Cars said in a statement.

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The Transportation Department fined Southwest Airlines $140 million for what it said were multiple violations of the law during its meltdown around last Christmas and New Year’s, while also ordering the airline to establish a $90 million fund to compensate passengers affected by future delays.

The department said the penalty announced Monday was 30 times larger than any it had issued in the past for breaches of airline consumer protections. Southwest disputed the Transportation Department’s legal conclusions but agreed to accept the fine, according to the order setting out investigators’ findings and the terms of the penalty.

“Taking care of passengers is not just the right thing to do — it’s required, and this penalty should put all airlines on notice to take every step possible to ensure that a meltdown like this never happens again,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement.

Problems began when freezing weather hit much of the country shortly before Christmas and continued more than a week. The airline ultimately canceled or significantly delayed about 16,900 flights, disrupting the travel plans of 2 million people, according to the Transportation Department’s investigation. While problems began with weather, other carriers bounced back as Southwest struggled with a staff scheduling system that unions had warned was a weakness.

Southwest has estimated the disruption cost it $800 million in lost revenue and payouts to cover the alternative travel costs of passengers. It also led to Southwest’s chief operating officer testifying before Congress.

Southwest acknowledged it faced unprecedented challenges last Christmas but said in a statement Monday the investigation reflects how the carrier moved quickly to aid its passengers and had responded “with diligence and in good faith.” “We have spent the past year acutely focused on efforts to enhance the Customer Experience with significant investments and initiatives that accelerate operational resiliency, enhance crossteam collaboration and bolster overall preparedness for winter operations,” said Bob Jordan, the airline’s chief executive.

The airline will receive credit toward the $140 million penalty for creating the compensation fund and issuing rewards points to customers affected by the disruptions. The airline will pay the government $35 million.

The compensation fund will allow customers who are at least three hours late to their destination because of a delay or canceled flight for reasons within Southwest’s control to request a $75 voucher. The fund is scheduled to launch by April 30.

AMC series ‘Dark Winds’ returns to Camel Rock Studios for third season The acclaimed AMC crime series Dark Winds, set on the Navajo Nation, will return early next year to produce a third season at the former Camel Rock Casino.

Dark Winds has been the tenant at Camel Rock Studios since summer 2021, shooting the first two six-episode seasons of the series based on one-time Santa Fe resident Tony Hillerman’s characters, Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee.

Preproduction is expected to start in early January.

“They were here a good five months shooting [last season],” said Jennifer LaBar-Tapia, commissioner of the Santa Fe Film Office.

The first two seasons each had about 200 employees with 60 principal New Mexico actors, the New Mexico Film Office reported in the past.

Among the executive producers are Robert Redford and Santa Fe resident and author George R.R. Martin.

Zahn McClarnon plays Leaphorn and Kiowa Gordon plays Chee. The cast also includes Jessica Matten, Deanna Allison and Elva Guerra.

Hollywood Reporter writer Daniel Fienberg ranked Dark Winds the No. 6 best TV show of 2023.

LaBar-Tapia notes movies and TV shows produced in Santa Fe have been nominated for nine Golden Globe Awards, including eight for the blockbuster film Oppenheimer and Emma Stone for the Showtime series The Curse.

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO IN THE PROBATE COURT SANTA FE Request for Pr Proposals COUNTY (RFP)) 2024-002 (RFP for Youth Youth Services No. 2023- 0258 Provider IN THE MATTER OF THE The Northern Area ESTATE OF Local Workforce Devel- MARIADEJESUS opment Board (NAL- APARICIO, Deceased.

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BY THE NEW MEXICO FINANCE AUTHORITY (“FINANCE AUTHORITY”), (ii) A TAXABLE REVOLVING LOAN, IN AN AGGREGATE PRINMILLIE arrived at theNOT shelter as an injured stray 1 month CIPAL AMOUNT This poor girl a huge wound on her face that was TOago.EXCEED, AThadANY so painful infected she couldn’t eat or even see out of ONE TIME,and $10,000,000 her right several weeks of treatment and surAND TO eye.

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THE trained and knows a long SCRF PLEDGE (AS DE-list of cues and behaviors; to ensureIN a successful adoption, we are providing two trainFINED THE REVOLVing sessions with adopters ING CREDITand an invitation to weekly discounted drop-in(COLLECclasses. Zuzu is a shining star in her trainAGREEMENT) ing: she THE has laser focus on her trainers, loves to please, TIVELY, “REVOLVLEGAL #92028 LEGAL #92025 ING FOR THE andLOANS”), she even has a few extra tricks she has learned! ApPURPOSE OFourPROVIDSTATE OF NEW MEXICO ply for her on website www.espanolahumane.org and Notice is hereby given ING TO PAY COUNTY OF SANTA FE emailFUNDS pawsinthepen@espanolahumane.org of the title and of a QUALIFIED PROJECT FIRST JUDICIAL general summary of COSTS FOR PUBLIC For more information, contact Española Humane DISTRICT COURT the subject matter PROJECTS WITHIN THE at 108 Hamm Parkway, Española NM 87532 contained in a STATE OF NEW MEX- Case No. or call 505-753-8662 .

Resolution, duly ICO, PAYING COSTS OF D-101-PB-2023-00319 More animals are available on the THE website at adopted and approved OBTAINING REby evalleyshelter.org the New Mexico VOLVING LOANS, AND IN THE MATTER OF THE or petango.com/española Finance Authority (the ANY OTHER PURPOSE ESTATE OF GEORGE “Finance Authority”) PERMITTED UNDER ALDRICH KEMP, II, on December 14, 2023. THE FINANCE AUTHOR- Deceased.

Complete copies of ITY ACT (AS DEFINED the Resolution are HEREIN); PROVIDING NOTICE TO CREDITORS available for public FOR THE PAYMENT OF inspection during the THE PRINCIPAL OF AND NOTICE IS HEREBY normal and regular INTEREST ON THE RE- GIVEN the underbusiness hours of the VOLVING LOANS FROM signed has been apFinance Authority at THE PROCEEDS OF pointed Personal 207 Shelby Street, CERTAIN PUBLIC PROJ- Representative of the Santa Fe, New Mexico ECT REVOLVING FUND Estate of George 87501. The Title of the REVENUE BONDS TO BE Aldrich Kemp, II DeResolution is: ISSUED BY THE FI- ceased. All persons NANCE AUTHORITY OR, having claims against RESOLUTION WITH RESPECT TO A this Estate are reSCRF LOAN, FROM quired to present their AUTHORIZING AND AMOUNTS ON DEPOSIT claims within four (4) PROVIDING FOR THE IN THE SCRF (AS DE- months after the date EXECUTION OF A SEC- FINED IN THE REVOLV- of the first publication OND AMENDMENT TO ING CREDIT of this Notice or the SECOND AMENDED AGREEMENT); MAKING claims will be forever AND RESTATED RE- CERTAIN FINDINGS barred. Claims must VOLVING CREDIT UNDER THE SHORT- either be presented to AGREEMENT (‘’RE- TERM INTEREST RATE the Personal RepreVOLVING CREDIT ACT (AS DEFINED sentative, c/o New AGREEMENT”) AND HEREIN); AUTHORIZ- Mexico Legal Group, OTHER DOCUMENTS ING THE EXECUTION P.C., 2701 Arizona REQUIRED TO EVI- AND DELIVERY BY THE Street NE, AlbuDENCE (i) A TAX-EX- FINANCE AUTHORITY querque, New Mexico EMPT REVOLVING OF THE SECOND 87110, or filed with the LOAN, IN AN AGGRE- AMENDMENT TO THE First Judicial District GATE PRINCIPAL REVOLVING CREDIT Court, Santa Fe AMOUNT NOT TO EX- AGREEMENT AND County, 225 MonCEED, AT ANY ONE OTHER DOCUMENTS tezuma, Santa Fe, New TIME, $90,000,000 AND REQUIRED IN CONNEC- Mexico 87504.

TO BE SECURED BY THE TION WITH THE REPROCEEDS OF PRO- VOLVING LOANS; Dated: December 14, POSED BONDS ISSUED PROVIDING THE PRIN- 2023.

BY THE NEW MEXICO CIPAL, INTEREST RATE, FINANCE AUTHORITY FEE AMOUNT, AVAIL- /s/ Kathleen A. Jones (“FINANCE AUTHOR- ABILITY DATE, MATU- Kemp ITY”), (ii) A TAXABLE RITY DATE AS TO Kathleen A. Jones REVOLVING LOAN, IN ADVANCES AND OTHER Kemp AN AGGREGATE OF THE RE- 2704 Herradura LEGALS PRIN- DETAILSLEGALS LEGALS Road CIPAL AMOUNT NOT VOLVING CREDIT Unit C TO EXCEED, AT ANY AGREEMENT; AND AU- Albuquerque, NM ONE TIME, $10,000,000 THORIZING THE TAK- 87505 AND TO BE SECURED ING OF ALL OTHER (505) 660-8430

BY THE PROCEEDS OF ACTIONS NECESSARY Personal RepresentaPROPOSED BONDS IS- FOR THE CONSUMMA- tive SUED BY THE FINANCE TION OF THE TRANSAUTHORITY, AND (iii) A A C T I O N NEW MEXICO LEGAL S U P P L E M E N T A L CONTEMPLATED

BY GROUP, P.C. CREDIT RESERVE TAX- THIS RESOLUTION AND By /s/ Julie Kester ABLE REVOLVING LOAN RELATED MATTERS. Julie Kester (“SCRF LOAN”), IN AN Bar # 138245 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL A summary of the sub- Attorney for the Estate AMOUNT NOT TO EX- ject matter of the Res- 300 S. Water Street CEED, AT ANY ONE olution is contained in Las Cruces, New MexTIME, $15,000,000 TO its title. This notice ico 88001 BE SECURED BY THE constitutes compli- (575) 339-2100 SCRF PLEDGE (AS DE- ance with Section 6- j k e s t e r @ n e w m e x i FINED IN THE REVOLV- 21-14, NMSA 1978. colegalgroup.com ING CREDIT AGREEMENT) (COLLEC- Pub: Dec 19, 2023 Pub: Dec 19, 26, 2023, TIVELY, THE “REVOLVJan 2, 2024 LEGAL #92028 ING LOANS”), FOR THE LEGAL #92032 PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO PAY STATE OF NEW MEXICO QUALIFIED PROJECT COUNTY OF SANTA FE Notice of Santa Fe County Planning ComCOSTS FOR PUBLIC FIRST JUDICIAL mission Meetings for PROJECTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT COURT 2024 Meetings will STATE OF NEW MEXCase No. take place at 4:00 pm ICO, PAYING COSTS OF D-101-PB-2023-00319 in the County CommisOBTAINING THE REsion Chambers on the VOLVING LOANS, AND IN THE MATTER OF THE 2nd floor of the Santa ANY OTHER PURPOSE ESTATE OF GEORGE Fe County AdministraPERMITTED UNDER ALDRICH KEMP, II, tion Building, 102 THE FINANCE AUTHORDeceased.

Grant Avenue on the ITY ACT (AS DEFINED following dates: HEREIN); PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS January 18, 2024 THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE RE- NOTICE IS HEREBY February 15, 2024 GIVEN the underMarch 21, 2024 VOLVING LOANS FROM THE PROCEEDS OF signed has been ap- April 18, 2024 Personal May 16, 2024 CERTAIN PUBLIC PROJ- pointed ECT REVOLVING FUND Representative of the June 20, 2024 of George July 18, 2024 REVENUE BONDS TO BE Estate ISSUED BY THE FI- Aldrich Kemp, II De- August 15, 2024 NANCE AUTHORITY OR, ceased. All persons September 19, 2024 WITH RESPECT TO A having claims against October 17, 2024 SCRF LOAN, FROM this Estate are re- November 21, 2024 AMOUNTS ON DEPOSIT quired to present their December 19, 2024 IN THE SCRF (AS DE- claims within four (4) FINED IN THE REVOLV- months after the date Members of the public ING CREDIT of the first publication can listen and particiAGREEMENT); MAKING of this Notice or the pate in the meeting via CERTAIN FINDINGS claims will be forever Webex. To participate UNDER THE SHORT- barred. Claims must by phone call 1-408TERM INTEREST RATE either be presented to 418-9388. The teleACT (AS DEFINED the Personal Repre- phone access code HEREIN); AUTHORIZ- sentative, c/o New and the link to access ING THE EXECUTION Mexico Legal Group, the meeting via com2701 Arizona puter will be available AND DELIVERY BY THE P.C., NE, Albu- with the meeting FINANCE AUTHORITY Street OF THE SECOND querque, New Mexico agenda which will be 87110, or filed with the posted on the AMENDMENT TO THE REVOLVING CREDIT First Judicial District County’s website Court, Santa Fe (https://www.santafeAGREEMENT AND 225 Mon- countynm.gov/ ) sevOTHER DOCUMENTS County, tezuma, Santa Fe, New eral days before the REQUIRED IN CONNECmeeting. In addition, TION WITH THE RE- Mexico 87504. people may watch the VOLVING LOANS; at PROVIDING THE PRIN- Dated: December 14, meeting 2023. https://www.youtube.

CIPAL, INTEREST RATE, com/channel/UCKGV2 FEE AMOUNT, AVAILABILITY DATE, MATU- /s/ Kathleen A. Jones GEBC1Qv38Pn61083xg Kemp RITY DATE AS TO For more information, ADVANCES AND OTHER Kathleen A. Jones copies of the agenda, DETAILS OF THE RE- Kemp 2704 Herradura Road or auxiliary aids or VOLVING CREDIT Unit C services, AGREEMENT; AND AUAlbuquerque, NM contact (505) 986-6225.

THORIZING THE TAKING Continued...

OF ALL OTHER 87505 660-8430 Pub: Dec 19, 2023 ACTIONS NECESSARY (505)Continued...

FOR THE CONSUMMA- Personal Representative TION OF THE TRANSA C T I O N CONTEMPLATED

BY NEW MEXICO LEGAL THIS RESOLUTION AND GROUP, P.C. By /s/ Julie Kester RELATED MATTERS. Julie Kester A summary of the sub- Bar # 138245 ject matter of the Res- Attorney for the Estate olution is contained in 300 S. Water Street its title. This notice Las Cruces, New Mexconstitutes compli- ico 88001 ance with Section 6- (575) 339-2100 jkester@newmexi21-14, NMSA 1978. colegalgroup.com Pub: Dec 19, 2023 Pub: Dec 19, 26, 2023, Jan 2, 2024

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The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023: You are energetic, daring and courageous. This is a slower paced year and a time to rejuvenate your energy.

MOON ALERT: Avoid shopping or important decisions from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. EST today (1 p.m. to 3 p.m. PST). After that, the Moon moves into Aries.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH This is a bit of a dreamy day. You might be lost in your own daydreams and fantasies,

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Tonight: You’re noticed.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Financial matters and issues related to shared property might be on your mind for most of this day. Do not sign papers or make important decisions during the Moon Alert.

Tonight: Explore!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Be prepared to go more than halfway when dealing with others today, because for most of this day, the Moon is opposite your sign. Also, be aware of the Moon Alert. Tonight: Check your finances.

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Expectant mom wants father to step up Dear Annie: I have found myself pregnant again, seven years after my first pregnancy. I allowed myself to have fun on vacation and came home pregnant. The second party is aware and unbothered.

And that bothers me. I’ve been ignored and disregarded while carrying this child.

I attend my doctor’s appointments alone and plan to raise the child alone, as I did with my first one.

I do not understand those who do not just do what is right. To me, there is a big difference between the dishes piling up and not getting around to it versus getting someone pregnant and ignoring it. I’ve been a little extra with a slew of messages toward this individual and his partner. I know this makes me look bad, but I have so much anger and nowhere to put it. I don’t know enough about this person to do anything in court. I don’t know whether to lie and say the second party has passed away or be truthful and say he just doesn’t want to be there.

Deep down, I know karma will come and do what it does best; until then, however, I’ve been told I just need to “let it go.”

How can something so miraculous make me feel so devastated?

— Angry Mom Dear Angry Mom: The father of your child has legal obligations to provide child support. Many states have different laws on this subject, so you really need to find an attorney who can help you, which might include tracking down “the second party,” as you call him, and securing a court-ordered paternity test, if necessary.

You don’t have to do it all on your own.

But yes, in answer to your question, that seems to be life. There is so much that is miraculous and so much that is tragic. The important thing is that you help to manage your anger and find a good therapist to help you sort through it — both for yourself and for your children. As the saying widely attributed to Buddha says, “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” Best of luck to you and your children.

Dear Readers: Here is an excerpt from a beautiful poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson about forgiveness.

“Forgive my grief for one removed, Thy creature, whom I found so fair.

I trust he lives in thee, and there I find him worthier to be loved.

Forgive these wild and wandering cries, Confusions of a wasted youth; Forgive them where they fail in truth, And in thy wisdom make me wise.”

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com. To find out more about Annie Lane and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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