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Local bagpipers get to smell the roses S.F. group to march in famed New Year’s Day Rose Parade in Calif.

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When Morag Smith happened upon a Facebook post calling bagpipers across the globe to join the iconic Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., on New Year’s Day, she

turned to her husband and said, “Would it be completely crazy to do this?”

“The poor, foolish man said, ‘Sure, why not?’ ” Smith joked.

Six of the seven members of the Order of the Thistle Pipes and Drums, a bagpipe band in Santa Fe that includes Smith and

Members of the Order of the Thistle Pipe & Drum practice earlier this month at the Santa Fe Scottish Rite Temple for their role in the upcoming Rose Parade. The group will march as part of a massive ensemble from across several countries. JIM WEBER/THE NEW MEXICAN

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her two kids, auditioned and were named to the ensemble. They have spent over seven months preparing to participate.

“It’s an experiment, really, because we don’t know if it’s going to blow up on the first rehearsal or what,” said 71-year-old band member Clancy Clements.

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Holiday helpings Volunteers from temple help put on Christmas feast at Pete’s Place, but ‘this is needed all year round’

Faith-based mutual aid provider’s lawsuit alleges attempts to classify similar programs as health insurance coming because of ideological requirements

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One of the country’s largest faith-based medical cost-sharing groups has filed a lawsuit saying the state is violating its religious rights by attempting to prevent such entities from operating in the state.

Samaritan Ministries International says it has 900 members in New Mexico and 270,000 nationwide who share approximately $30 million per month to cover one another’s medical costs. It says it’s founded on the same type of mutual aid plans used by the Mennonites for decades in keeping with their belief in Scripture, which instructs them to “bear one another’s burdens” in order to “fulfill the law of Christ.”

“Each month, Samaritan solicits its members to send notes, prayers and financial support directly to their fellow member’s in need, without exercising any ownership or control over that support,” said a complaint against state Superintendent of Insurance Alice Kane, filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court.

The federal government has determined so-called “health care-sharing ministries” are not insurance but has granted members exception from penalties previously imposed by the Affordable Care Act on people who did not have insurance.

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Israeli leader vows to continue day after deadly strike Netanyahu visits front, saying fighting will ‘deepen’ in coming days, as Palestinian ministry say 70 killed in crowded camp

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Six-year-old Raya Grimstad, right, and her sister, Sloane Grimstad, 8, build a plate of cookies Monday to hand out during Christmas dinner at the Interfaith Community Shelter at Pete’s Place. “I think it’s really important for my children to normalize and humanize all the different ways in which people live and feel comfortable with people who may be living in a different way,” said Alana Grimstad, the girls’ mother.

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he Grimstad sisters oversaw one of the most important components of Christmas dinner: dessert.

Sloane, 8, sliced pumpkin cranberry loaf while Raya, 6, plated it.

Sloane, with festive reindeer antlers on her head, oversaw trays of baked goods while Raya carefully stacked chocolate chip cookies on plates. And both took up the task of distributing the desserts, which took up nearly half the kitchen’s counter.

The two sisters weren’t dishing up confections at their home Monday night. Alongside other volunteers from Temple Beth Shalom, they were helping to serve a feast at the Interfaith Community Shelter at Pete’s Place.

Dozens of members of Santa Fe’s homeless community — many of them spending the freezing night in Pete’s Place dorms — enjoyed the hot holiday meal.

For those housed for the holiday season, the meal served a reminder any time is a good time to give back, said Joe Dudziak, a longtime Pete’s Place volunteer and the head

of Chaplain Joe’s Street Outreach.

“During Christmas and Turkey Day, there’s a lot of people that give: We get a lot of clothes; we get a lot of gifts to give out to the homeless,” Dudziak said. “What the community needs to realize, I think, is that this is needed all year round.”

A sign at Pete’s Place prominently displays how many meals the shelter has provided: “65,000 meals served, thanks to 2,000 volunteers,” it says.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops fighting in the Gaza Strip on Monday, vowing to stay the course of the war even with the death toll mounting. His trip came hours after health officials in Gaza reported a devastating overnight strike on a crowded neighborhood had killed dozens.

The trip was the Israeli leader’s second known visit to Gaza since the war began. Netanyahu has been facing increasing pressure from the United States to lower the intensity of the war, but he said Monday that Israel would “deepen” the fighting in coming days.

The strike late Sunday in central Gaza underscored the risk to civilians as fighting intensifies. Gaza residents were mourning the victims in the neighborhood, Al Maghazi, where many who have fled fighting in other parts of the enclave have sought shelter.

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Thomas’ alumni network changing legal landscape Former law clerks for conservative justice — including Santa Fe’s Eastman — wielding increasing influence

Justice Clarence Thomas at an event in Dallas in May. Thomas has filled the legal world with scores of his former clerks, acolytes who have carried forward his idiosyncratic brand of conservatism and rallied to his defense.

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In late August, amid a rising outcry over revelations Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had received decades of undisclosed gifts and free luxury travel, a lawyer in Chicago fired off an email to her fellow former Thomas clerks.

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IN BRIEF Christmas Eve shooting at Colorado mall leaves 1 person dead, 3 injured COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A man was fatally shot, and three people were hurt as gunfire rang out at a shopping center in Colorado on Christmas Eve, police said Sunday.

A fight broke out between two groups of people in the afternoon at the Citadel Mall in Colorado Springs, and officers received a report of gunshots and responded, the Colorado Springs Police Department said.

One adult male was dead at the scene with a gunshot wound, and two more people, who were shot at least once, were taken to hospitals, where they were in stable but serious conditions Monday, police said.

A woman was also taken to a hospital with what were said to be minor injuries.

Police initially said they had detained “multiple people” and were “working to determine their involvement.” However, they said Monday that no arrests have been made.

The mall was cleared and closed, police said, and there was no known threat to the community Monday.

Blizzard conditions could disrupt holiday travel across northern Plains More than 1 million people in the northern Great Plains were under a blizzard warning Monday, as forecasters warned that heavy snow and powerful winds could disrupt flights and create treacherous road conditions.

Central South Dakota, where more than a foot of snow was possible, was expected to bear the brunt of the storm.

Hazardous conditions were also forecast across portions of east-central and southeastern South Dakota, southern North Dakota and Nebraska, said Kyle Weisser, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, S.D. Parts of South Dakota were expected to receive up to 13 inches of snow, with wind gusts as high as 55 mph, according to the weather service.

“Travel could be very difficult to impossible,” meteorologists warned in an advisory, noting that “widespread blowing snow” could significantly reduce visibility.

The effects of the storm were expected to be felt as far west as Colorado and as far south as Kansas, where about 8 inches of snow and wind gusts of up to 60 mph were possible in places. Blizzard conditions in northern and northwestern Kansas were expected until early Wednesday morning.

Death toll from China earthquake rises to 149, with two still missing BEIJING — The death toll from China’s most powerful earthquake in years has risen to 149, with two people still missing after the tremor hit northwestern parts of the country last week.

The 6.2-magnitude quake struck a remote mountainous area between Gansu and Qinghai provinces Dec. 18, reducing homes to rubble and triggering heavy mudslides that inundated two villages in Qinghai province.

State broadcaster CCTV said Monday the death toll in Donghai city in Qinghai has risen by one, to 32, and rescuers were still searching for two missing people. In neighboring Gansu, authorities had reported 117 dead.

Nearly 1,000 were injured and more than 14,000 homes were destroyed in China’s deadliest earthquake in nine years.

More than 87,000 people have been resettled after the quake.

Spirit apologizes to family of boy, 6, who boarded wrong flight Spirit Airlines has apologized to the family of a 6-yearold boy who was placed on the wrong flight and landed more than 160 miles from where his grandmother was waiting to pick him up. But the airline has yet to explain how it happened.

Grandmother Maria Ramos told television station WINK News the boy was taking his first flight on Dec. 21, heading to Fort Myers, Fla., from Philadelphia. His bags arrived in Fort Myers, but when the boy didn’t, Ramos panicked, she told the station.

“I ran inside the plane to the flight attendant, and I asked her, ‘Where’s my grandson?’ ” she said. Her grandson called her from Orlando and she drove to pick him up, WINK reported.

“The child was always under the care and supervision of a Spirit Team Member, and as soon as we discovered the error, we took immediate steps to communicate with the family and reconnect them,” Spirit said in a statement shared by the TV station, adding it was conducting an internal investigation.

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Renny Babiarz at his home earlier this year in Vermont. Babiarz, a former intelligence analyst, wrote his doctoral thesis on the roots of China’s nuclear program. He now runs the operational arm of a company that analyzes civilian satellite imagery, teaches a course on geospatial analysis at Johns Hopkins University and co-wrote a textbook on the interpretation of satellite images.

China rebuilds secretive base for nuclear tests Ex-analyst: Site could be used for enhancing country’s atomic arsenal

By William J. Broad, Chris Buckley and Jonathan Corum The New York Times

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n the remote desert where China detonated its first atomic bomb nearly 60 years ago, a drilling rig recently bored a deep vertical shaft that is estimated to plunge down at least a third of a mile. It is the strongest evidence yet that Beijing is weighing whether to test a new generation of nuclear arms that could increase the lethality of its rapidly expanding missile force.

For years, U.S. government reports and independent experts have expressed vague concerns about the old base, Lop Nur. The reports point to possible preparations for year-round operations and a “lack of transparency.”

Now, however, waves of satellite images reveal the military base has newly drilled boreholes — ideal for bottling up firestorms of deadly radiation from large nuclear blasts — as well as hundreds of other upgrades and expansions.

“All the evidence points to China making preparations that would let it resume nuclear tests,” said Tong Zhao, a nuclear expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Siegfried S. Hecker, a former director of the Los Alamos weapons laboratory, described Lop Nur’s rebuilding as unusual. “The Russians and Americans have continued activity at their test sites,” he said, “but nothing like this.”

Analysts say the activity at Lop Nur signals a wide modernization of China’s nuclear establishment, warning that it could spark a new age of atomic rivalry.

They add that China’s moves, along with those of other nuclear powers, could undermine the global test ban that began in 1996.

The world’s atomic powers signed it after the Cold War as a way to curb a costly nuclear arms race.

The new evidence at Lop Nur was uncovered by Renny Babiarz, a former analyst at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, an arm of the Pentagon. An expert on satellite reconnaissance as well as Beijing’s nuclear program, Babiarz says detonations in the deep shafts could accelerate an effort to perfect new types of nuclear arms for the country’s fast-growing arsenal. Independent experts who have examined the satellite imagery and Babiarz’s analyses share his concerns.

The activity at Lop Nor comes at one of the most sensitive moments in U.S.-China relations. President Joe Biden has said he’s trying to “stabilize” an increasingly contentious relationship and, at a summit meeting last month with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, sought a measure of accord.

U.S. intelligence officials say they’ve followed Lop Nur’s revival for years. While the construction is obvious, they say, its purpose is not. China could be preparing for a nuclear test, they concede. But they add that Xi may not intend to move ahead unless the United States or Russia go first. The officials say Xi could be hedging his bets, drilling the deep vertical shafts so that, if necessary, China can act quickly.

Last week, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing responded to questions about upgrades at Lop Nur, dismissing them in a statement as “clutching at shadows, groundlessly whipping up a ‘China nuclear threat.’ ” It called such claims “utterly irresponsible.”

The ministry also emphasized Beijing’s commitment to observing the nuclear test ban.

China, it said, will spare “no effort to realize the noble aspiration of comprehensively banning and totally eradicating nuclear weapons.”

Lop Nur is a sprawling military base, roughly the size of Virginia, in the arid Xinjiang region of China’s far west. Chinese accounts say the area was chosen for nuclear tests because it was so barren and isolated, without any permanent residents. But the broader Xinjiang region is home to the Uyghurs, a largely Muslim ethnic group that has recently endured mass detentions and pervasive security controls.

The Uyghurs have long protested health threats from nuclear tests at the site, which began in 1964 after Mao Zedong decided to build the bomb. The early tests were capped by mushroom clouds and radioactive fallout.

China conducted its first underground nuclear test in 1969.

Nuclear experts say they see no signs of an imminent Chinese test and argue that Beijing may do nothing. The rebuilding of the military base could simply be a warning to the West, they say. Chinese experts have suggested as much.

Other analysts disagree, arguing that China’s fleets of new bombers, submarines and missile silos herald a push for new armaments.

Navalny found in Arctic prison, easing fears over his safety

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been moved to a remote Arctic prison and “is doing well,” his spokesperson said Monday, ending a 20-day mystery over his whereabouts that had many supporters fearing the worst.

“We have found Aleksei,” the spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh, said on social media. “His lawyer saw him today.”

Yarmysh’s announcement ended a frantic search through Russia’s vast prison system for Navalny, who disappeared Dec. 5. Navalny’s exiled allies said that they had found him in the remote penal colony in the Arctic after sending more than 600 requests to prisons and other government agencies.

Ivan Zhdanov, director of Navalny’s anti-corruption foundation, said Navalny’s lawyers had also looked through every pretrial detention center.

“From the beginning, it was clear that the government wanted to isolate

Alexei, especially ahead of the election,” Zhdanov said, referring to the coming presidential race in Russia that President Vladimir Putin is widely expected to win.

There has been no immediate response from the Kremlin to Navalny’s transfer. Throughout his absence from the public eye, the Russian government had been dismissive about his whereabouts. Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, said Dec. 14 the Kremlin had “neither the possibility, nor rights or desire to trace the fate of convicts,”

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America’s striking dietary shift in recent decades, toward far more chicken and cheese, has not only contributed to concerns about American health but has taken a major, undocumented toll on underground water supplies.

The effects are being felt in key agricultural regions nationwide as farmers have drained groundwater to grow animal feed.

In Arkansas for example, where cotton was once king, the land is now ruled by fields of soybeans to feed the chickens, 1 billion or so of them, that have come to dominate the region’s economy.

And Idaho, long famous for potatoes, is now America’s largest producer of alfalfa to feed the cows that supply the state’s huge cheese factories.

Today, alfalfa, a particularly waterintensive crop used largely for animal feed, covers 6 million acres of irrigated land, much of it in the driest parts of the American West.

These transformations are tied to the changing American diet. Since the early 1980s, America’s per-person cheese consumption has doubled, largely in the form of mozzarella-covered pizza pies. And last year, for the first time, the average American ate 100 pounds of chicken, twice the amount 40 years ago.

It’s not just Americans eating more American-made meat and cheese.

Exports of poultry and dairy have risen more than tenfold since 1980, thanks to America’s farming efficiency, combined with government subsidies and rising demand from countries like China. Exports of animal feed itself have soared, too, industry data shows.

Most of America’s irrigated farmland grows crops that don’t directly feed humans but instead are used to feed animals or to produce ethanol for fuel.

And most of that irrigation water comes from aquifers.

Those crops have expanded into areas that don’t have enough water to sustain them, affecting some important aquifers across the country by contributing to groundwater overuse. Aquifer depletion for animal feed is occurring in places including Texas, the Central Valley of California, the High Plains in Kansas, Arizona and other areas that lack enough water from rivers and streams to irrigate the crops.

Irrigated acreage for corn, about half of which goes toward animal feed, jumped sixfold between 1964 and 2017, federal numbers show. Irrigated acres for soybean, mostly used for animals, has jumped eightfold.

“The seemingly simple task of deciding what to eat is, in reality, intricately woven into a complex tapestry of interconnected factors,” said Mesfin Mekonnen, a professor of environmental engineering at the University of Alabama who studies the water footprint of food.

The toll on aquifers, which supply 90% of America’s water systems, has been devastating. A New York Times investigation this year revealed many of those aquifers are being severely overtaxed by agriculture and industry, and the federal government has left oversight to the states, where tangles of rules are failing to protect those aquifers.

Food choices have long led to debates not only about personal health, but also animal welfare, cultural expectations and the role of government regulations in shaping people’s diets. The damage that animal agriculture is doing to fragile aquifers, while less documented, is particularly important: The decline of the aquifers could affect what Americans eat, and potentially become a threat to America’s food supply.

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Russia sees Western hand behind Serbia street protests Cooperation in Europe said that Serbian voters had been given a wide choice of candidates and that “freedom of expression and assembly were generally respected.” But, it said, the governing party had enjoyed a “tilted playing field” because “pressure on voters as well as the decisive involvement of the president and the ruling party’s systemic advantages undermined the election process overall.”

Vucic’s governing Serbian Progressive Party trounced the opposition in this month’s parliamentary vote but fared less well in an election for the Belgrade City Council, eking out a narrow win that the opposition attributed to voters whom they say were illegally bused into the capital from other areas of the country and from neighboring Kosovo and Bosnia.

While accepting defeat in the vote for a new parliament, the opposition vowed to overturn what it sees as a rigged result in the Belgrade municipal election and has staged daily protests over the past week.

Western countries, wary of burning bridges with Vucic, have been muted in their criticism of the election. The U.S. ambassador to Serbia, Christopher Hill, last week called on the country to address “deficiencies” in the electoral system but stressed “the U.S. government looks forward to continuing our work with the Serbian government” and

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Fishing in Serbia’s troubled waters after a contested general election, Russia on Monday accused the West of orchestrating anti-government street protests in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, that flared into violence Sunday evening.

Claims of a Western plot by Russia’s ambassador to Serbia, Alexander Botsan-Harchenko, were the latest efforts

by Moscow to thwart a so far mostly fruitless diplomatic campaign by the United States and Europe to lure Serbia out of Russia’s orbit and break traditionally strong ties between the two Slavic and Orthodox Christian nations.

Previously peaceful protests in Belgrade over what the opposition said was a rigged general election Dec. 17 turned ugly Sunday after protesters tried to storm the capital’s City Council building and were met by volleys of tear gas from riot police officers.

The Russian ambassador, in a television interview, said there was “irrefutable evidence” the “riot” had been incited by the West. This echoed claims

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Protesters clash with anti-riot police Sunday in Belgrade, Serbia. Police have fired tear gas to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital’s City Council building to protest what election observers said were widespread voting irregularities during a general election a week ago.

Protests against the election continued Monday. A demonstration led by university students attracted only a modest turnout but blocked traffic on a central Belgrade street to government headquarters.

A Dec. 18 report by election monitors from the Organization for Security and

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There is no evidence Western governments instigated last week’s street protests against Vucic and what his opponents believe was a stolen Belgrade election.

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Bahara Rustam, 13, took her last class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul on Dec. 11 knowing it was the end of her education. Under Taliban rule, she is unlikely to step foot in a classroom again.

In September 2021, a month after U.S. and NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan following two decades of war, the Taliban announced that girls were barred from studying beyond sixth grade.

They extended this education ban to universities in December 2022. The Taliban have defied global condemnation and warnings that the restrictions will make it almost impossible for them to gain recognition as the country’s legitimate rulers.

Last week, U.N. special envoy Roza Otunbayeva expressed concern that a generation of Afghan girls is falling behind with each day that passes.

Also last week, an official in the Education Ministry said Afghan girls of all ages are allowed to study in religious schools known as madrassas, which have traditionally been boys-only. But Otunbayeva said it was unclear if there was a standardized curriculum that allowed modern subjects.

Bahara is holding onto her education and pores over textbooks at home. “Graduating [from sixth grade] means we are going to seventh grade,” she said. “But all of our classmates cried, and we were very disappointed.”

There was no graduation ceremony for the girls at Bibi Razia School.

In another part of Kabul, 13-year old Setayesh Sahibzada wonders what the future holds for her. She is sad she can’t go to school anymore to achieve her dreams.

“I can’t stand on my own two feet,” she said. “I wanted to be a teacher. But now, I can’t study; I can’t go to school.”

Analyst Muhammad Saleem Paigir warned that excluding women and girls from education will be disastrous for Afghanistan. “We understand that illiterate people can never be free and prosperous,” he said.

The Taliban have barred women from many public spaces and most jobs, all but confining women to their homes.

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Serbia applied to join the European Union in 2009, but its application has been stalled for years. There has been growing pressure from the West on Vucic to pick a side since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Vucic condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but has balked at joining European sanctions on Russia and shown only fitful interest in settling a long-running dispute over the status of Kosovo, formerly Serbian territory that declared itself an independent state in 2008. Kosovo, inhabited largely by ethnic Albanians, severed its ties to Serbia after a 1999 NATO bombing campaign against Belgrade and other cities that left even many pro-European Serbs deeply suspicious of the West’s intentions.

After the clashes in Belgrade on Sunday evening, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, a close ally of Vucic’s, thanked Russian security forces for sharing information pointing to a Western hand in the opposition protests.

“It probably won’t be popular with those from the West, but I feel especially tonight that it is important to stand up for Serbia and to thank the Russian security services that had that information and shared it with us,” Brnabic said.

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ROME — Pope Francis on Monday focused his Christmas address on the violence in Israel and the war in the Gaza Strip that had caused an “appalling” loss of civilian life and brought “sorrow” to Bethlehem, traditionally seen as the birthplace of Jesus, as he called for the release of Israeli hostages and an end to devastating military attacks.

Delivering his Urbi et Orbi — or “to the city and to the world” — Christmas blessing on the birth of Jesus as a symbol of peace, Francis, who turned 87 last week, spoke from a balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica under gray clouds on an unseasonably warm day in Rome before a crowd of tens of thousands.

He pleaded for peace around the world, naming specific conflicts, including in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Sudan and Ukraine, but it was the conflict in Gaza that was foremost in his message.

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appointed by Trump to federal courts, where they have ruled on issues such as voting rights and access to the abortion pill.

Roughly 10 others served in Trump’s administration; nearly a dozen made his Supreme Court shortlists. Former Thomas clerks have argued, and won, several of the most momentous Supreme Court cases of recent years.

The network also includes a number of “adopted clerks” who never worked for Thomas but are invited to events and receive clerk communications.

Supreme Court clerks are, by definition, the sort of ambitious lawyers likely to wield significant influence in their post-clerk lives.

What makes Thomas’ clerks so remarkable, in large part, is their success as loyal standard-bearers of his singular ideology. Indeed, an examination of what the justice and his wife call Thomas Clerk World shows how meticulously the couple have cultivated the clerk network over the decades.

The Thomases have tended to their network through monthly lunches at Morton’s The Steakhouse or the Capital Grille in Washington, open to any alumni who happen to be in town.

They have hosted clerks and their families at ski resorts and summer retreats. The justice has encouraged camaraderie through group screenings of the film version of Ayn Rand’s manifesto of individualism, The Fountainhead, and pilgrimages to the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg.

At the heart of the organizing is Virginia Thomas — jokingly designated “law clerk emeritus” — who manages the network’s discourse as a sort of den mother.

Hers has been a particularly active role for a Supreme Court spouse — overseeing production of a directory with a page for each clerk, as well as the email Listserv and a private Facebook group. All of it, she has said, is meant to build “connective tissue across and throughout this amazing community of leaders.”

Virginia Thomas, whose right-wing political activism has included involvement in efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 election defeat, has insisted that she and her husband operate in separate lanes. But some of her interactions with the clerk network show the degree to which theirs is a shared ideological project. She

health ministry says the death toll recently topped 20,000, and aid groups say people are starving and being pushed into smaller portions of the enclave.

“I plead for an end to the military operations with their appalling harvest of innocent civilian victims,” the pope said, “and call for a solution to the desperate humanitarian situation by an opening to the provision of humanitarian aid.”

Francis delivered the blessing amid a burst of activity from the church, including his recent decisions to allow priests to bless same-sex couples and his crackdown on dissenting prelates who have sought to undercut his mission to make the church more pastoral and less rigid.

But diplomatic efforts on issues of war and peace outside his control have met with little success, clearly frustrating a pontiff who has incessantly called for peace, especially in the Holy Land.

“May there be an end to the fueling of violence and hatred. And may the Palestinian question come to be resolved

cheered when Trump appointed members of the Thomas clerk roster as judges: “Thank God,” she told an interviewer, rattling off other appointments. “He used to tell them, ‘You’re going to be future leaders, it’s coming your way, you’re going to be next.’

And now they are.” Last year, she encouraged clerks to start an email thread in which participants shared articles celebrating the court’s decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion.

The network has found its own ways to celebrate Thomas and his legacy. In 1998, one of the justice’s clerks hunted down and presented him with a memento from one of his first Supreme Court opinions: a mounted taxidermy lobster.

When Thomas speaks of his clerks, he tends to refer to them as his “kids.”

The couple’s view of the clerks as family is on display in their glossy, photo-filled Christmas letters.

The 2006 edition mentioned two gatherings of clerks, one of which celebrated Thomas’ first 15 years on the court. “We LOVE this extended family,” the Thomases wrote.

Thomas has frequently said he promises his clerks they will leave their jobs with “clean hands, clean hearts and clean consciences.” Over the years, the clerks have not only bestowed tokens of loyalty but defended him and his legacy in trying times. When two Wall Street Journal reporters published a bestseller in 1994 detailing sexual harassment allegations against the justice and the politics of his confirmation, two former clerks — Ingraham and Stephen Smith — defended him in The Washington Post. “The autumnal pounding of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has resumed,” they wrote, adding, “The maligning of him as a person has been both heart-wrenching and frustrating.”

In recent years, fissures have

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“Let’s pledge to not let politics divide THIS family, and learn to speak more gently and knowingly across the divide.”

That wasn’t the end of the discussion. After the California State Bar announced an ethics investigation of Eastman in March 2022, Wendy Stone Long, a 1997 clerk, wrote to the Thomas network.

“Dear Clerk Family, John Eastman is being put through a sham disbarment proceeding by the bar of the state of California,” she wrote, encouraging fellow clerks to speak out on his behalf and providing a link to donate to his defense fund.

She added a postscript warning the group not to leak the email.

“This family was created by Ginni and CT, and you are hurting them more than anyone if you assault the integrity and sanctity of it,” she wrote. “We can disagree over issues, but we are a family, and CT has told us to help each other and look after each other.”

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through sincere and persevering dialogue between the parties, sustained by strong political will and the support of the international community,” Francis said Monday. He recalled that according to the New Testament, the birth of Jesus was “followed by the slaughter of the innocents.”

“How many innocents are being slaughtered in our world?” Francis asked, extending the list of victims to aborted fetuses, immigrants and children of war. “In their mothers’ wombs, in odysseys undertaken in desperation and in search of hope, in the lives of all those little ones whose childhood has been devastated by war.”

Turning to the arms trade, a frequent target of his criticism, Francis urged the faithful to say no “to the very mindset of war,” calling it “an aimless voyage.”

“If we find instruments of death in our hands, sooner or later we will use them,” he added. “And how can we even speak of peace, when arms production, sales and trade are on the rise?”

formed in the network.

The conflicts came to the fore after Virginia Thomas and John Eastman, a 1996 clerk, attended the “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021.

Eastman, who spoke at the rally, was a chief architect of the scheme to create slates of fake electors and pressure Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to certify the election. Eastman lives in Santa Fe. In a message to the Listserv, first reported by The Washington Post, Eastman said he would continue to challenge the election, writing: “Rest assured that those of us involved in this are working diligently to ascertain the truth.”

That provoked a sharp rebuke from Smith, a law professor at Notre Dame. “If by ‘truth’ you mean what actually happened, as opposed to a false narrative, then I agree,” he wrote. Others spoke up, too.

Virginia Thomas later apologized. Even as she bemoaned the loss of the election, she wrote,

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the letter’s coordinators and all “who stepped into our fire!!!”

In the 32 years since Clarence Thomas came through the fire of his confirmation hearings and onto the Supreme Court, he has assembled an army of influential acolytes unlike any other — a network of like-minded former clerks who have not only rallied to his defense but carried his idiosyncratic brand of conservative legal thinking out into the nation’s law schools, top law firms, the judiciary and the highest reaches of government.

The former clerks’ public defense of Thomas was “unparalleled in the history of the court,” said Todd Peppers, a professor of public affairs at Roanoke College and the author of Courtiers of the Marble Palace: The Rise and Influence of the Supreme Court Law Clerk. “It’s frankly astonishing.”

For Thomas, the letter came at a time of both trial and triumph. He had become the face of long-simmering questions about the high court’s ethical guidelines. But he was also at the height of his influence.

The court’s senior justice, he had spent years on the losing side of cases, writing minority opinions grounded in his strict originalist interpretations of the Constitution. Now that former President Donald Trump had given the court a conservative supermajority, Thomas was a guiding voice for a new judicial mainstream.

He was playing a long game, and his former clerks were among its most important players. The Thomases did not respond to requests for comment, but in a 2008 interview, the justice said, “I tell my law clerks that we’re not writing current events — we’re writing for a much longer period,” adding his opinions were based on “principles that are locked down and that will be here when the tides turn” in 50 years.

Now, the tides have turned, and at least 18 of those former clerks have served as state, federal or military judges, nearly three-fourths of them

“The eyes and the hearts of Christians throughout the world turn to Bethlehem,” Francis said, calling attention to “deep shadows covering the land.” He pleaded for peace to “come in Israel and Palestine, where war is devastating the lives of those peoples,” and said he embraced “them all, particularly the Christian communities of Gaza, the parish of Gaza and the entire Holy Land.”

Francis’ comments served to amplify his message from the Christmas Eve midnight Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica only hours earlier, where he declared “our hearts are in Bethlehem, where the Prince of Peace is once more rejected by the futile logic of war.”

Continuing that theme in the Urbi et Orbi address, he said his “heart grieves for the victims of the abominable attack” Oct. 7 and reiterated his “urgent appeal for the liberation of those still being held hostage.”

At the same time, he urged Israel to pull back from its campaign in Gaza, where the

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building gaping with dark holes where rooms used to be. At the foot of the building was a mound of debris, where men appeared to be digging for survivors, or bodies, without the aid of any heavy equipment.

The Gaza Health Ministry initially said 70 people had died in Sunday’s attacks on Al Maghazi, with many others still buried. But the ongoing difficulty of reaching residents in Gaza, where electricity shortages and communications blackouts have frequently obscured the picture of the war’s fallout, meant the details were blurry.

Health Ministry officials blamed Israeli airstrikes for the deadly attack on Al Maghazi.

Israel’s military said Monday it was reviewing the episode.

Mohammed Abed, 36, a journalist from Al Maghazi, said he saw bodies among the collapsed buildings. He said he had been told there were about seven strikes on the area, including four on residential buildings. The damage, he added, had littered the entrances to the neighborhood with so much debris that people could not easily enter or exit.

Abed said one man, named Moen Ziyadeh, had been pulled from the rubble, still alive. But that there were too many others to tend to, too many wounded and too few ambulances. Abed said he watched Ziyadeh succumb to his wounds and die.

“These rockets, it’s like they’re made to destroy mountains, not people,” said Mohamed Abu Shaah, another resident who had taken shelter at an acquaintance’s house in Al Maghazi with his wife and seven daughters.

As the death toll in Gaza has soared and civilians have been pushed into smaller and smaller corners of the enclave, international calls for a cease-fire have grown. While Netanyahu’s government has said it is planning for a new phase of the fighting, the Israeli leader has repeatedly insisted that his military would keep up the war in Gaza until all of its goals were achieved.

“We’re not stopping; we are continuing to fight and are deepening the fighting in the coming days,” he said in a statement released by his Likud Party on Monday, adding that “this will be a long battle, and it is not close to ending.”

Netanyahu is under sustained pressure from the Israeli public to free the remaining hostages taken captive during the Hamasled attack on Israel on Oct. 7.

That goal, which likely includes negotiations with Hamas, is potentially at odds with the prime minister’s other avowed objective of wholly destroying the militant group.

After returning from Gaza on Monday, Netanyahu said military pressure had been critical to securing the release of about 100 hostages in a November exchange and that a sustained military campaign would be necessary to free those Israelis still in captivity.

“We won’t succeed in releasing all of the hostages without military pressure,” Netanyahu said in an address to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. “We won’t stop fighting.”

Toward the end of his speech, a chant arose from the viewing gallery, where family members of the hostages were seated. “Now! Now! Now,” people shouted as Netanyahu spoke.

Israeli forces are pushing farther into central Gaza while also continuing to battle Hamas fighters in the enclave’s north and south. Many places in central and southern Gaza are crowded with people who have fled their homes — multiple times, in many cases.

Abed, the journalist from Al Maghazi, said many people from neighboring areas had evacuated to Al Maghazi after obeying evacuation orders from the Israeli military. Al Maghazi does not appear on the evacuation orders the Israeli military has shared on social media in recent days, according to a review of its posts, leading Gaza residents, Abed said, to believe that it would be safe.

Each apartment was now shared by dozens of people, he said. Abu Shaah said the influx of the newly displaced meant that 20 people were routinely crowding into a single room to sleep at night.

It was the fifth time Abu Shaah’s family had packed up and rushed to a new place after fighting and airstrikes threatened the place they had taken shelter.

“We are doing everything we can just to run for our lives,” he said.

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Here’s what went wrong for DeSantis’ campaign in 2023

By Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman and Nicholas Nehamas The New York Times

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis woke up in Iowa with a familiar political headache.

The man he is chasing in the polls, former President Donald Trump, had just been disqualified from the ballot in Colorado in yet another legal assault that Trump leveraged to cast himself as a victim. And so DeSantis trod carefully the next morning outside Des Moines, Iowa, when he called Trump a “high-risk” choice, alluding to “all the other issues” — 91 felony counts, four indictments, the Colorado ruling — facing the former president.

“I don’t think it’s fair,” DeSantis said. “But it’s reality.”

He was talking about Trump’s predicament. But he could just as easily have been talking about his own.

Boxed in by a base enamored with Trump that has instinctively rallied to the former president’s defense, DeSantis has struggled for months to match the hype that followed his landslide 2022 reelection. Now, with the first votes in the Iowa caucuses only weeks away on Jan. 15, DeSantis has slipped in some polls into third place, behind Nikki Haley and has had to downsize his once-grand national ambitions to the simple hopes that a strong showing in a single state — Iowa — could vault him back into contention.

For a candidate who talks at length about his disinterest in “managing America’s decline,” people around DeSantis are increasingly talking about managing his.

Ryan Tyson, DeSantis’ longtime pollster and one of his closest advisers, has privately said to multiple people that they are now at the point in the campaign where they need to “make the patient comfortable,” a phrase evoking hospice care. Others have spoken of a coming period of reputation management, both for the governor and themselves, after a slow-motion implosion of the relationship between the campaign and an allied super political action committee left even his most ardent supporters drained and demoralized.

The same December evening DeSantis held a triumphant rally in celebration of visiting the last of Iowa’s 99 counties — the symbolic culmination of his effort to out-hustle Trump there — his

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Ron DeSantis speaks during a TV interview earlier this year. The Florida governor entered the year flush with cash and momentum.

In the months since, internal chaos and former President Donald Trump’s indictments have sapped even his most avid supporters.

super PAC, Never Back Down, fired three of its top officials, prompting headlines that undercut the achievement.

The turmoil at the super PAC — which followed a summer of turbulence inside the campaign — has been almost too frequent to be believed. The super PAC’s CEO quit; the board chairperson resigned; the three top officials were fired; and then, the chief strategist stepped down — all in less than a month, enveloping DeSantis’ candidacy in exactly the kind of chaos for which he once cast himself as the antidote.

The New York Times interviewed for this article more than a dozen current and past advisers to DeSantis and his allied groups, most of whom spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a candidate they still support and a campaign that is still soldiering on. Those advisers paint a portrait of a disillusioned presidential candidacy, marked by finger-pointing, fatalism and grand plans designed in a Tallahassee, Fla., hotel in early spring gone awry by winter.

Cash is scarce as the caucuses near. Never Back Down, which spent heavily to knock on doors in far-flung states such as North Carolina and California last summer, canceled its remaining television ads in Iowa and New Hampshire on Friday, though new pro-DeSantis super PACs are picking up the slack.

Federal records show that, by the time of the Iowa caucuses, the DeSantis campaign is on pace to spend significantly more on private jets — the governor’s preferred mode of travel — than on airing television ads.

The governor started the year as the undisputed Trump

alternative in a Republican Party still stinging from its unexpected 2022 midterm losses.

But behind the scenes, the DeSantis candidacy has been hobbled for months by an unusual and unwieldy structure — one top official lamented that it was a “Frankenstein” creation — that pushed the legal bounds of the law that limits strategic coordination and yet was still beset by miscommunications.

Those structural problems compounded a series of strategic miscalculations and audacious if not arrogant assumptions that led to early campaign layoffs.

Profligate spending and overly bullish fundraising projections put the campaign on the financial brink after only two months.

The candidate himself, prone to mistrusting his own advisers, did not have a wide enough inner circle to fill both a campaign and super PAC with close allies, leaving the super PAC in the hands of newcomers who clashed with the campaign almost from the start.

DeSantis’ decision to delay his entry into the race until after Florida’s legislative session concluded meant he was on the sidelines during Trump’s most vulnerable period last winter.

Then, once DeSantis did hit the trail, he struggled to connect, appearing far more comfortable with policy than people as awkward encounters went viral.

“You’re running against a former president — you’re going to have to be perfect and to get lucky,” said a person working at high levels to elect DeSantis and who was not authorized to speak publicly. “We’ve been unlucky and been far from perfect.”

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The secret life of gift cards — and the billions left unspent

By Dee-Ann Durbin

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Gift cards make great stocking stuffers — just as long as you don’t stuff them in a drawer and forget about them after the holidays.

Americans are expected to spend nearly $30 billion on gift cards this holiday season, according to the National Retail Federation. Restaurant gift cards are the most popular, making up one-third of those sales.

Most of those gift cards will be redeemed. Paytronix, which tracks restaurant gift card sales, says around 70% of gift cards are used within six months.

But many cards — tens of billions of dollars’ worth — wind up forgotten or otherwise unused. That’s when the life of a gift card gets more complicated, with expiration dates or inactivity fees that can vary by state.

Here’s what to know about the gift cards you’re giving — or getting:

Loved, but lost After clothing, gift cards will be the most popular present this holiday season. Nearly half of Americans plan to give them, according to the National Retail Federation.

But many will remain unspent.

Gift cards get lost or forgotten, or recipients hang on to them for a special occasion. In a July survey, the consumer finance company Bankrate found that 47% of U.S. adults had at least one unspent gift card or voucher with an average value of $187. That’s a total of $23 billion.

The gift of time Under a federal law that went into effect in 2010, a gift card can’t expire for five years from the time it was purchased or from the last time someone added money to it. Some state laws require an even longer period. In New York, for instance, any gift card purchased after Dec. 10, 2022, can’t expire for nine years.

Differing state laws are one reason many stores have stopped using expiration dates altogether, says Ted Rossman, a senior industry analyst at Bankrate.

Use it or lose it While it may take gift cards years to expire, experts say it’s still wise to spend them quickly. Some cards — especially generic cash cards from Visa or MasterCard — will start accruing inactivity fees if they’re not used for a year, which eats away at their value. Inflation also makes cards less valuable over time. And if a retail store closes or goes bankrupt, a gift card could be worthless.

Perhaps consider clearing out your stash on National Use Your Gift Card Day, a five-year-old holiday created by a public relations executive and now backed by multiple retailers. The next one is Jan. 20.

If you have a gift card you don’t want, one option is to sell it on a site like CardCash or Raise. Rossman says resale sites won’t give you face value for your cards, but they will typically give 70 to 80 cents per dollar.

The money trail What happens to the money when a gift card goes unused?

It depends on the state where the retailer is incorporated.

When you buy a gift card, a retailer can use that money right away. But it also becomes a liability; the retailer has to plan for the possibility that the gift card will be redeemed.

Every year, big companies calculate “breakage,” which is the amount of gift card liability they believe won’t be redeemed based on historical averages. For some companies, like Seattle-based Starbucks, breakage is a huge profit-driver.

Starbucks reported $212 million in revenue from breakage in 2022.

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Gift cards are displayed last week at a Target store in New York. Americans are expected to spend nearly $30 billion on gift cards this holiday season, according to the National Retail Federation.

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Reyes Cisneros looks on as his son, Evan Sandoval, 25, works at the Picuris Pueblo indoor cannabis growing facility earlier this year.

Santa Fe had just 13 medicinal marijuana shops as recreational cannabis became legal in New Mexico in April 2022. Not much more than a year later, the number of cannabis shops tripled, totaling four times the number of Starbucks in the city.

Cannabis shops top 2023 Not much more than year after recreation use legalized, City Different boasts at least 44 dispensaries

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he elevation isn’t the only thing high about Santa Fe. The top business story for 2023 is the at least 44 cannabis shops now operating in the City Different.

Santa Fe had just 13 medicinal marijuana shops as recreational cannabis became legal in New Mexico in April 2022. Not much more than a year later, the number of cannabis shops tripled. That’s more than twice as many McDonald’s, Burger King, Taco Bell, Sonic Drive-In and Blake’s Lotaburger locations combined and four times the number of Starbucks.

The question eventually will be how many cannabis shops can Santa Fe and New Mexico support?

The big business story heading into the future is Anchorum St. Vincent transforming into the Anchorum Health Foundation.

Anchorum relinquished its half-owner share in Christus St. Vincent, which includes Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, to Christus Health, the other half-owner. In exchange, Christus Health will pay Anchorum $500 million over 10 years to fund improvements in local “social determinants” — factors that impact health such as housing, education, senior care and access to health care.

Two large affordable housing apartment projects were announced just beyond the city limits on N.M. 14 near Santa Fe Brewing. Cresta Ridge proposes 240 units and Turquoise Trail on a neighboring property wants to build 312 units.

Both will have all units meeting federal affordable housing requirements. They are the first two local large-scale, private-sector affordable housing projects among 35 new apartment complexes in the past five years.

The developers are using federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to finance the projects.

Meow Wolf’s ceaseless expansion continued in 2023 with the July opening of Real Unreal in Grapevine, Texas. This is Meow Wolf’s fourth permanent exhibition after the House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe in 2016 and Omega Mart and Convergence Station in Las Vegas, Nev., and Denver, respectively, in 2021. Meow Wolf plans to open another interactive attraction in Houston in 2024.

Meow Wolf this year also diversified into virtual reality in collaboration with Mighty Coconut to create a Walkabout Mini Golf: Meow Wolf game. Meow Wolf also went

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A room at Meow Wolf’s new The Real Unreal exhibition earlier this year in Grapevine, Texas. Meow Wolf’s ceaseless expansion continued in 2023 with the exhibits July opening, marking its fourth permanent installation after Santa Fe’s House of the Return.

airborne at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta with a balloon it designed called Skyworm in collaboration with Rainbow Ryders Hot Air Balloon Ride Co. There were a number of high-profile business closings. Bed Bath & Beyond collapsed nationally in bankruptcy. Regal Santa Fe Stadium 14 closed permanently, with property owner Jeff Branch seeking another operator that will use fewer screens and incorporate other uses in the remaining space. Local chains Del Norte Pharmacy and Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy shut down in April and February, respectively.

There were also some notable openings, including Dutch Bros at the former Cheeks location and 1610 Hardware in a long-vacant Office Max in the Zia Road shopping center with Albertsons.

Bill Banowsky was maneuvering at The Railyard, first opening the long-delayed Nuckolls Brewing and then selling his three Violet Crown Cinema ventures to EVO Entertainment Group, though he remains minority owner and will continue to operate the Violet Crown in Santa Fe. New owner Phillip Gesue converted the Shellaberger Tennis Center into Midtown Santa Fe Production Studio and now is working to merge with the neighboring Gar-

son Studios and add a four-story apartment building. All this is at the former College of Santa Fe/Santa Fe University of Art and Design but is on privately owned land and not part of the city-owned midtown campus.

The saga of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s rejection of the merger between the Public Service Company of New Mexico and Avangrid in 2021 continues, as the state Supreme Court considers whether to affirm or deny the PRC’s decision.

Texas oil magnate Scott Sheffield and wife Kimberley Sheffield are funding the $13 million construction of the First Serve/Forked Lightning Racquet Club that started in January between the Genoveva Chavez Community Center and Rodeo de Santa Fe and behind the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds.

The 12-court tennis complex will be the new home of First Serve New Mexico’s afterschool tutoring and tennis program and a new Forked Lightning Racquet Club formed by the Sheffields.

Now the question is what will happen with the Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe under new owner local commercial real estate broker Carlos Garcia? First clue: Garcia sees a similar format to the Shops at The Design Center, which he also owns.

‘Good stewards of S.F.’: Sage Hotel owners buy Guadalupe Inn

By Teya Vitu tvitu@sfnewmexican.com

A San Francisco Bay-area boutique hotel chain with a dozen properties is expanding in Santa Fe. Redwood City, Calif.,-based Concept Hotel Group bought the Guadalupe Inn bed and breakfast at 604 Agua Fría St. on Dec. 14.

The chain first entered the Santa Fe market in 2017 with the Sage Hotel. It acquired the Super 8 in late 2019 and remodeled it into Coyote South, reopening in June 2020, and then acquired the Inn at Santa Fe a year ago.

“As we continue to look at ways to grow in Santa Fe without cannibalizing ourselves, the Guadalupe Inn is different,” said Bimal Patel, CEO or, as he prefers, “head of household” at Concept

Hotel Group. “The Guadalupe Inn was in the same family for centuries. We want to preserve the previous owners’ legacy.”

Pete Quintana said the 604 Agua Fría property has been in the Quintana family since the mid-1500s. The siblings grew up on the property. The Guadalupe Inn stands on the same plot where their grandfather had a grocery store, house and six apartments and their father had a construction company.

Guadalupe Inn was built and opened in 1992 by siblings Pete Quintana, Dolores Q. Myers and Henrietta Quintana, who owned it jointly until Myers died seven years ago. Henrietta took on Myers’ ownership shares and Quintana bought out his sister three years ago.

“We just got to that point that my wife and I are just getting old,” said Quintana, who is 72. “It just got to be a

little much after COVID. We had to go in and work harder. You just get to that age that it’s time.”

The Quintana siblings created a 12-room B&B. Each room is different, and each room has a name, among them Zozobra, El Caballa, Abuelita and The Chef’s Apartment.

“I had so much construction materials from houses I built, I just incorporated it into the inn in a Northern New Mexican style,” said Pete Quintana, who is retired from construction.

Quintana listed the Guadalupe Inn with some brokers and then turned to business brokers Sam Goldenberg & Associates, which garnered a number of offers but he looked favorably upon Concept Hotel Group.

“I think they are good stewards of Santa Fe,” Quintana said. “They are

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keeping my staff. They just sounded like good people. They are keeping the flavor of Santa Fe. They weren’t turning it into something else.”

Concept Hotel Group has 11 hotels with four in Santa Fe, six in the Bay Area, one in Branson, Mo., and two more coming in Palo Alto and Paso Robles, Calif.

Santa Fe emerged as a next destination for their brand of boutique hotel.

“We were looking for a destination market where value-conscious travelers would choose a boutique hotel,” Patel said. “There are not really that many markets for that.”

Santa Fe has grown into an eastern base for Concept Hotel. The company has even set up Santa Fe sales and operations teams with about 100 total employees in summer, Patel said.

Guadalupe Inn is just a few blocks

from the larger Sage Hotel with its Social Kitchen + Bar. Patel envisions some potential economies of scale between the two sites. Guadalupe Inn’s laundry could be done at Sage and catering from Social Kitchen could bolster the breakfast menu.

“There are basic things you don’t need at a 12-room hotel [if you have a bigger hotel nearby],” Patel said.

Patel renamed Super 8 to Coyote South because he reckons its guests are “forever travelers” that are “value-conscious” and in search for quirky quarter at reasonable prices. Inn at Santa Fe carrying the Best Western brand “lends itself to corporate business,” while the Sage is “close to downtown and value-based.”

The Guadalupe Inn is “more intimate.”

“We want to keep things in place for now,” Patel said. “We want to wait and see what customers like or don’t like.”

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Volunteers from Temple Beth Shalom, including Raya Grimstad, 6, right; her sister, Sloane Grimstad, 8; and Liz Levine, helped put on a Christmas dinner at Interfaith Community Shelter at Pete’s Place that included roasted turkey and ham, lasagna and vegan chorizo stew. “[The temple] always takes Christmas week and Easter week [to volunteer], since we’re not celebrating those holidays,” Levine said. “We like to give our Christian friends that time off to celebrate their holidays.”

Temple delivers holiday helpings service window, but Grimstad said she had another reason for Though congregants of Temple bringing them along: It was an Beth Shalom might not celebrate opportunity for the girls to learn Christmas, it’s common practice to respect and sympathize with for them to serve Christmas Santa Fe’s homeless residents. dinner at Pete’s Place, said Liz “I think it’s really important Levine, who served dinners Mon- for my children to normalize and day night in a sequined Santa hat. humanize all the different ways “Temple Beth Shalom, my tem- in which people live and feel ple, always takes Christmas week comfortable with people who and Easter week, since we’re may be living in a different way,” not celebrating those holidays,” Grimstad said. she said. “We like to give our “And it’s Christmas,” she Christian friends that time off to added. “It must be really, really celebrate their holidays.” hard to not be with family or Volunteers from the temple friends.” sign up and prepare food for There are myriad ways people about 125 guests — a figure that find themselves at Pete’s Place, includes an option for seconds, from health issues to being priced Levine said. out of Santa Fe’s increasingly Monday’s menu included all unaffordable housing market. As sorts of good eats, from roasted Ray Pacheco sipped a cup of cofturkey and ham to lasagna to fee Monday night, he said simply vegan chorizo stew. And, of that his path to the shelter was a course, the sweet treats Sloane “long story.” and Raya dispensed.

One dinner — on Christmas After joining volunteers from Day or any other day — can’t fix Temple Beth Shalom dishing all of the issues that lead people up Easter week meals at Pete’s to the shelter, but it’s a good first Place earlier this year, the whole step.

Grimstad family decided to come Sloane offered up a wish for back for Christmas, said Alana the people she served Monday night: “I hope that they get good Grimstad, the girls’ mother. food today and they find a home Raya and Sloane’s smiles undoubtedly brightened the food at some point.”

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and Scotland, making up the largest pipe band in the 135-year history of the Tournament of Roses Parade. The parade, which dates back to 1890, typically draws 750,000 onlookers, plus “millions more” online and via television, Pipes on Parade co-director Kevin Conquest said in a news release.

The Rose Bowl, one of the mostwatched college football games of the year, also takes place in Pasadena that day; this year will feature the Alabama Crimson Tide versus the Michigan Wolverines.

Some of the Pipes on Parade members have practiced together in virtual rehearsals this year, but the entire band will not come together until Dec. 28, just two days before the group will perform intricate marching patterns at Bandfest at Pasadena City College. The group will perform again at Disneyland on New Year’s Eve before graduating to the 5.5-mile Roses Parade route.

The Santa Fe band, with members ranging from 13 to 71, will probably contribute some of the youngest and oldest members of the massed band, said pipe major Lisa Lashley.

The band, still sponsored by the Scottish Rite Center, formed under a member of the center in 1999. Members have come and gone since then, many joining with no prior experience.

Lashley, who is 66, had never seen nor heard a bagpipe until she went to a Celtic concert at age 40. She struck up a conversation with a woman during intermission who said she was a student piper, began attending band practices in Santa Fe and spent about two and a half years learning tunes on a practice chanter — a woodwind instrument for beginning bagpipers — before she bought bagpipes.

William Parkes, Smith’s 17-year-old son, decided to learn the bagpipes around age 10 after inheriting pipes from older family members with Scottish roots. That inspired his sister

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ABOVE: Sarah Parkes takes a break during practice with the Santa Fe-based Order of the Thistle Pipes and Drums bagpipe group, which will be participating in the famous Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., on New Year’s Day as part of a worldwide ensemble. “Not many 13-year-olds can say they were in the Rose Parade,” she said.

LEFT: Lisa Lashley leads a procession during practice. Lashley, who is 66, had never seen nor heard a bagpipe until she went to a Celtic concert at age 40 and began attending practices.

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Sarah and his mother to join as drummers.

“Not many 13-year-olds can say they were in the Rose Parade,” Sarah Parkes said, noting her only other experience in a parade has been the much smaller Madrid Christmas parade.

Polly Keeney, who had long loved the sound of bagpipes, joined the band after she moved to Santa Fe from Washington state despite having “never touched pipes, drums or nothing” before.

“The sound is what drives you because there [have] been a lot of people who have joined

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because they wanted to learn but they didn’t have the drive” for such a technical instrument, Keeney said. “They must not have loved it as much as we did because we’re still here doing it!”

Smith said she not only loves Celtic music but also the “internationally close-knit” community of musicians.

“The relationship distance from ... beginners to the best in the world is very short,” she said.

Her daughter takes lessons from the head of a drum section that won world’s best at a pipe band championship in Scotland this past year, and Smith also

Proponents of such sharing ministries say they offer a sometimes cheaper option for like-minded individuals to join together in shouldering health care costs and spiritual Continued from Page A-1 support. Critics say the entities can mislead consumers into thinking they have health Many states also have exempted such insurance when in fact the sharing ministry groups from being regulated as insurance, may not cover their medical expenses the although New Mexico isn’t one of them. Still, way traditional health care does.

Samaritan says in its 366-page complaint, Because they operate largely unregulated, it and other “fraternal benefit societies,” sharing ministries aren’t required to comply including some secular ones, have been with laws regarding health insurance such as allowed to operate independent of such reg- those requiring the coverage of pre-existing ulation in the state until relatively recently. conditions. They may also decline to cover Three years ago, Samaritan’s complaint the costs of reproductive health care. says, the Office of Superintendent of InsurMany — including Samaritan — also ance began a campaign “to assert regulatory require members to adhere to a moral code dominance over these sharing ministries to dictated by the group. banish them from New Mexico.” The Office For example, Samaritan requires members of Superintendent of Insurance already has to live by “biblical principles” that include driven four similar ministries out of business attending church three weeks out of each and “is circling a fifth,” the lawsuit says. month, abstaining from illegal substances Samaritan hasn’t yet been targeted, but the and not engaging in sexual activity outside complaint asks the court to protect it from the confines of “traditional biblical marthe agency’s “likely enforcement actions” by riage,” defined as one man and one woman. declaring such forced compliance attempts Samaritan claims in its lawsuit such ideologunconstitutional and deeming the group ical edicts are part of the reason the insurance entitled to “non-insurance” status under superintendent has intensified its regulatory federal law. The lawsuit says Kane, who focus on health care-sharing ministries. It was appointed in June, “intensified” the says the agency is motivated not just by a campaign and has become unnecessarily desire to protect consumers but by a desire aggressive toward such entities, issuing to “protect its own insurance producers from cease-and-desist letters ordering them to competition” and an “animus towards the kind either shut down or fully comply with the of conservative social and economic religious state’s insurance regulations. views held by sharing ministries.”

“In so doing, [Kane] is harming the harmAs evidence, Samaritan’s lawsuit points to less, in violation of their rights to religious the insurance superintendent’s “endless profreedom, religious autonomy, free expression moting” of New Mexico’s own health insurand association and equal protection,” ance exchange, BeWellnm, and advisories Samaritan claims. published by the agency warning consumers A spokeswoman said Kane hadn’t been about health insurance “scams” including served with the complaint yet and couldn’t health care-sharing ministries.

Documents in a pending case in state provide an interview until after Jan. 1. The District Court show the agency has argued agency declined to make anyone else availsuch entities operate in much the same way able for an interview.

takes lessons from a drummer who competed in the world championships — “not because either of us are that good, but because the community lets you reach out that way and the very best players are willing to teach the newcomers,” Smith said.

“If you’re a multitasker, the pipes are a good fit,” Clements added, after spending several minutes getting everyone’s pipes in tune at a band rehearsal.

“For me, just to be in a band and to be marching and playing, and get locked in — man, there’s not a better feeling.”

as traditional health insurance plans and should be subjected to the same regulations as insurance companies.

One thing is clear: Millions of dollars are at stake in the form of taxes the state collects on health care premiums and potential fines the Office of Superintendent of Insurance could collect from entities found to be operating in violation of state regulations.

A fiscal impact report for a failed 2015 bill that would have exempted such groups from regulation as health care companies noted doing so would also exempt them from paying taxes on premiums. In 2014, the state collected about $198 million from premium taxes, the report says.

In one enforcement proceeding — sparked by consumer complaints in 2020 and 2021 and now pending on appeal in First Judicial District Court — the Office of Superintendent of Insurance tried to collect fines totaling more than $10 million from Gospel Light Mennonite Church and Medical Aid Plan, doing business as Liberty Healthshare.

The amount of the proposed fine, which has a pending appeal, was later reduced by a hearing officer to $2.1 million.

Liberty has sold 502 memberships to New Mexico residents since 2014, the state said, which, multiplied by $20,000 per violation, comes to $10.04 million. The company stopped enrolling new members in New Mexico in November 2021 after receiving a cease-and-desist notice from the superintendent’s office, said spokesman Keith Price.

Price called the state’s actions “unconstitutional and unjustified.” Every other state, he said, lets health-sharing ministries operate free of insurance regulation.

“It impacts the freedoms guaranteed New Mexico citizens by the U.S. and New Mexico constitutions,” he said. “If our appeal is not successful, our members in New Mexico would be denied their religious liberties in how they provide for their health care.”

FUNERAL SERVICES AND MEMORIALS SOLOMON GONZALES

A celebration of Solomon’s life will take place on Thursday, December 28, at Berardinelli Funeral Home, commencing with public visitation at 6pm and a rosary service at 7pm. A funeral mass will be held at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, on Friday, December 29, at 11:45am, followed by a burial and graveside service at the Santa Fe, National Cemetery at 2pm.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Solomon’s honor to Ambercare, Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Food Bank are appreciated.

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MARCH 4, 1946 - DECEMBER 15, 2023 Santa Fe - Jose Francisco Trujillo of Santa Fe 77 passed away peacefully on December 15, 2023. Jose Served in the Navy during the Vietnam War and was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents Jose L. and Clorinda E. Trujillo, siblings Elsie Salazar and David Trujillo. He is survived by wife Viola, son Lucas, grandchildren Analeiss, Mia and Luke Trujillo sisters Patsy Garcia, Rosalie Barros, Amelia Martinez, and Lucy Whitchurch.

Services will be held at Cristo Rey Church on December 27, 2023 at 10:30 AM Rosary, 11: 00 AM Mass, followed by burial at 12:30PM Santa Fe National Cemetery.

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apan’s Nippon Steel has agreed to buy U.S. Steel for $14.1 billion, and Rust Belt senators from both parties are raising alarms.

“A critical piece of America’s defense industrial base was auctioned off to foreigners for cash,” said Sen. J.D. Vance, a Republican from Ohio. Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., called it “a direct threat to our national security.” Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, claimed the offer “insulted American steelworkers.” They and other critics want the Biden administration to block the acquisition under a federal law that regulates potential security risks from foreign investment. And last week, a top White House official said the deal “appears to deserve serious scrutiny.”

The proposed transaction should easily pass muster. Large-scale capital investment by a Japanese company poses no danger to U.S. national or economic security, as the relevant agency — the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, chaired by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen — has every reason to conclude.

This bout of Japan-bashing harks back to the panic over Japan’s economic rise in the late 1980s — which was overblown, too.

Japan is a U.S. ally and party to a mutual defense pact. The two countries cooperate on the production of microchips and other sensitive technologies. And Nippon, which has been operating in the U.S. since 1984, would have no interest in, say, forgoing profits to cut production of steel for American weapons.

Under the deal, U.S. Steel would retain its brand and Pittsburgh headquarters, as part of a new, combined company that would be the world’s second-largest steel manufacturer — and a free-world rival to China’s state-owned Baowu Group. Consolidation is necessary to compete with China, which manufactures more than half the globe’s steel.

The irony of ironies: Much criticism of Nippon Steel’s bid emanates from those who support the industrial policies that made U.S. Steel an attractive takeover target in the first place. President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on steel imports President Joe Biden largely kept in place. Biden’s

signature legislative achievements — a bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Chips Act and the Inflation Reduction Act — included inducements, such as tax credits for wind farms built with domestic steel, that incentivized the Japanese company to buy an American steelmaker.

Vance’s opposition is especially interesting. “Allowing foreign companies to buy out American companies and enjoy our trade protections subverts the very purpose for which those protections were put in place,” Vance wrote in a letter urging the investment council to block the sale, along with two GOP colleagues. In Hillbilly Elegy, the 2016 memoir that propelled him to national fame, Vance recounted the initial negative reaction in Middletown, Ohio, when another Japanese company, Kawasaki, acquired Armco, which owned the steel mill where his grandfather had worked. It was as if “General Tojo himself had decided to set up shop in southwest Ohio,” Vance recalled. Then the locals realized new owners could invest in their decaying community. “The Japanese are our friends now,” his grandfather told him.

The Kawasaki merger represented an

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Discrimination lawsuit targets Los Alamos Public Schools, Dec. 16 I think Jaiya is a brave and inspiring young woman. I have no doubt she has heard many bigoted comments directed at her while attending Los Alamos Public Schools. And I have no doubt her pleas for justice and accountability were ignored.”

Ron Gouse For all those people who don’t see the problem in subjecting the only two Black students in class to repeated utterances of the N-word, even if it’s excused as being ‘literature,’ or just ‘reality,’ I suggest putting yourself in their shoes.” Celia Ludi I agree. It sounds like the issue was not that they were reading John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, but it was the way the language was not addressed. We are in a new time, and need a quick teaching about the history of the word, situated in context to the historic time frame, while asking the students in the room how they would like to use it or not use it. Reading it does not make it OK for it to be used liberally outside of that context.”

Rissa Roybal I remembered when the students threw tortillas on the floor during a basketball game before playing Española.” Peter Romero

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THE PAST 100 YEARS From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Dec. 26, 1923: The state health bureau probably will be able to retain Dr. D.B. Williams as supervisor of county health officers, according to Dr. George S. Luckett, state health director.

Recently the bureau dropped Dr. Williams because of the fact that its appropriation for the present fiscal year, beginning December 1, had been greatly reduced by the 1923 legislature. It was not believed there would be sufficient funds to continue his office.

Dec. 26, 1973: I share with many northern Rio Arriba County residents a sense of deep gratitude to Congressmen Manuel Lujan and U.S. Sen. Joseph Montoya for their efforts to bringing the disaster aid loan program being carried on up there.

At least this is a way of showing that congressmen can do their jobs in Washington and as of yet have not forgotten the little people of the North. Both men are members on the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy, which should help this state’s economy. Up here in the hills we’re happy with our entire Congressional delegation.

Dec. 26, 1998: Is it the spirit of the season, the maturing of our governor, or the impending reality of a new legislative session?

Whatever it is, we’re encouraged by some sounds coming from Gov. Gary Johnson’s office, and by the response from the governor’s fellow Republicans — some of whom have found themselves opposing him.

inconvenient truth: Manufacturing in America was a tough business in the post-globalization world,” Vance wrote in his book.

“If companies like Armco were going to survive, they would have to retool. Kawasaki gave Armco a chance, and Middletown’s flagship company probably would not have survived without it.”

Vance had it right the first time. Yes, it’s natural to lament the slow decline of the iconic U.S. Steel, America’s first billion-dollar corporation, which, in 1901, made Andrew Carnegie the richest man in the world. Over the past few decades, Nucor overtook U.S. Steel in revenue and profitability by using electric arc furnaces, which also generate less carbon, rather than U.S. Steel’s less-efficient blast furnaces. It is no longer 1943, when U.S. Steel’s employment peaked at 340,000, as it helped arm the Allies to defeat the Axis powers, including Imperial Japan. Now the firm has fewer than 15,000 workers, and Japan is one of the United States’ best friends, whose companies already employ tens of thousands of U.S. workers at auto plants across the country — and should be welcome in steel, too.

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Church history The community of Galisteo is deeply grateful for Scott Wyland’s double coverage of the devastation wrought by road construction in the village (“Rocking the foundation,” Nov. 27 and “Ironing out bumps,” Dec. 21). But one historical correction: There was never a 1700s-era mission church in the village, which didn’t exist yet. The early 18th-century missions with the same name, Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, were on the Galisteo Pueblo a mile-and-half to the north. The earliest church in Galisteo proper was erected c. 1824.

It was replaced by the current Nuestra Señora de los Remedios by 1884.

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you care about justice and decency, support Trump’s re-election in November 2024.

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Tunnel vision Just weeks ago, pro-Palestinian keyboard warriors ridiculed the idea Hamas had dug any underground fortresses. When pictures were shown, Twitter, (now X,) was deluged with denials. The political need to deny was immense because the tunnels were being found under hospitals, schools and civilian neighborhoods. Extensive, undeniable tunnels have now been found.

The truth is Hamas’ strategy is precisely to hide in tunnels under children’s beds, under hospital beds, under classrooms, for the very purpose of drawing bombs down upon them, intentionally having them die for propaganda purposes. Think about that: The value of a child’s life to Hamas commanders is the moment of propaganda victory it produces. A cease-fire allowing Hamas to keep its tunnels would be a victory for this obscene strategy, encouraging others to use it.

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Sad thought At 82, still healthy and fit, it greatly saddens me to think I might not outlast another Trump presidency.

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Santa Fe

Undemocratic The Colorado Supreme Court’s sinister 4-3 decision to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot is an outrageous assault on democracy.

It blocks millions of Coloradans from voting for the likely Republican candidate for the White House. It shows how the anti-Trumpists are willing to turn our nation into a banana republic, while falsely claiming to be “defending democracy.” Who are the real insurrectionists here? It’s the judges of the Colorado court and all those who support their erroneous decision. If

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Dangerous crossroads President Joe Biden should, with honor and dignity, immediately resign as president, or, at the very least, announce that he will not seek reelection. America is at an extremely dangerous crossroads. Rapidly, Biden is losing national (and international) support. He has served his country long and well. America needs a new leader who would bring fresh ideas, insights and leadership. At this moment, stepping aside would be Biden’s greatest gift to our country. This act would reinvigorate his party, minimize Donald Trump’s outrageous and obnoxious rhetoric and pave the way for a much-needed change in our political direction.

David McLelland

Santa Fe

s we approach the end of 2023, those of us involved in New Mexico politics are already looking into the future beyond our dismally short 30-day legislative session next month. State and national election outcomes may change the landscape in which we have to approach 2025’s longer 60-day session.

For those deeply concerned with the climate crises, thinking in those kinds of timelines can feel foreboding, given the constant struggle to address climate change at every level of government.

Here in New Mexico, one of the issues we will likely continue to grapple with is hydrogen.

There’s hardly a day that goes by where an elected official somewhere isn’t touting “clean energy” and hydrogen in the same breath with no discussion of where hydrogen molecules come from. Nearly every plan involving hydrogen production in New Mexico has its roots in the oil and gas industry.

You might think of hydrogen as a calorie. It’s a source of energy, pure and simple, right? Well, not exactly. Pure hydrogen’s potential energy is limited by the amount of energy it takes to produce it and store it. Existing technology like wind and solar that produce straight electricity that can be used on site or stored has a loss rate near 6%. Some estimates of energy loss for hydrogen have it well about 60%, no matter what its source stock is.

We’ve spent decades trying to move away from fossil fuels that already take an enormous amount of energy to produce more usable energy. Why would we want to keep that cycle going when we have clean energy sources like wind, solar and, soon, geothermal already working effectively and cheaply across the state?

The primary sources of extraction of a hydrogen molecule are water and methane. If that methane was already underground and you used extraction to get it, you’re not solving the climate problem. Similarly, if the water you use to extract hydrogen has to be processed or cleaned using tremendous amounts of energy in the process, it’s not exactly efficient or worthwhile, is it? To restate it simply: If the source material you cracked to capture a hydrogen molecule came from the oil and gas industry, it cannot be called clean. Period.

Forget all the “colors” language around hydrogen; that is yet another talking point created by the oil and gas industry to obscure and greenwash the whole issue, which is working, apparently.

To date, every effort in the state to gin up interest in hydrogen has come from those with interests in perpetuating existing energy technologies. Of course, the oil and gas industry would support receiving back millions of dollars in severance taxes to subsidize using its toxic waste “water” for hydrogen production, and of course defunct coal companies want to turn their stranded asset coal plants into hydrogen facilities.

I can’t speak for every policy wonk out there, but what I can say is that for the past few years, every organization that works to ensure New Mexico has clean air and water has collectively pushed back against the hydrogen hype. The only thing more worrying than the hydrogen itself is that elected officials seemingly aren’t fazed by our collective outcry and continue to push for hydrogen at all costs. That part should really concern everyone in New Mexico.

Lucas Herndon is the energy policy director for ProgressNow New Mexico. He resides in Doña Ana County, where he’s lived for the last 39 years.

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LOS ANGELES — Kristaps Porzingis had 28 points and 11 rebounds, Jayson Tatum added 25 points and the Boston Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers for the first time in Christmas Day meetings 126-115 on Monday.

Jaylen Brown had 19 points and Derrick White chipped in with 18 points and 11 assists. All five starters had at least 18 points for the Celtics, who celtics 126 have won three Lakers 115 straight and 12 of their past 14.

Anthony Davis scored a game-high 40 points with 13 rebounds, LeBron James had 16 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, but the Lakers have dropped six of eight since winning the inaugural In-Season Tournament.

After trailing for the only time in the game early in the third quarter when Jarred Vanderbilt threw down a dunk, Boston ripped off seven straight points to regain the lead. Porzingis had 13 points, helping spot the Celtics a ninepoint advantage going into the fourth.

Boston successfully kept Los Angeles at arm’s length in the final quarter, despite Davis hitting the 40-point mark for the 40th time in a regular season game.

The Celtics ran right over the Lakers’ starting lineup, scoring the first 12 points capped by a 3-pointer from Brown, and would lead by as many as 18 in the first quarter.

Los Angeles got back in it in the second, thanks to some hot shooting from Taurean Prince. He had 11 points making all four of his shots, including three 3’s, to cut the deficit to 58-57 at the half.

Both teams got a scare when Brown and James were shaken up in a collision with 4:02 left in the second. Brown was cutting back to the ball when he took a bad step and pulled up, leading to James kneeing him in the back. Each player was attended to on the court, with Brown going back to the locker room before returning to start the third quarter.

It was the third game on Christmas Day between the two most storied franchises in the league. The Minneapolis Lakers won in Boston in 1951, and Los Angeles was victorious in 2008.

Jaquez Jr. leads Heat over 76ers

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St. Michael’s head coach Gerard Garcia celebrates in March after beating Las Vegas Robertson in the boys Class 3A state basketball championship in The Pit in Albuquerque.

10 FOR T UE SDAY

Top moments in the North for 2023

By James Barron

jbarron@sfnewmexican.com

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as Christmas everything you hoped?

Were the stockings hung with care? Was the turkey nice and moist? Did the family (mostly) enjoy each other’s company?

If you thrived this holiday (or even if you merely survived), let’s give you something to mull over as we head to the final big day of the year — New Year’s Eve. And what end-of-year event is not complete without a list of the best moments of 2023? Best doesn’t necessarily mean biggest; we wanted the focus to highlight those moments that were unforgettable for the right reasons.

And just like all lists, this one is subjective. The difference is this one gets printed.

1. Blue and St. Michael’s go perfect together: Few schools had a better 2023 than St. Michael’s.

Let’s count the number of Class 3A blue trophies the program brought home during the year: boys basketball, dance, boys and girls track and field, volleyball and football all won state championships. There were numerous individual champions in swimming and track to end the 2022-23 season.

The 2023-24 season got started by the cross-country program sweeping the individual championships by Chloe Griego and Landon Sandoval. Chances are, there will be more blue in the program’s future as 2024 rolls around.

2. Los Alamos dominate Class 4A in running sports: When it comes to running sports, few programs do them better than the Hilltoppers.

This year saw the boys and girls sweep the team titles in the 4A track and field meet for the third straight year, with the girls once

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St. Michael’s Raylee Hunt, announced in October she will join the swimming program at Duke University for the 2025-26 school year.

The three-sport star, who has won state titles in track and field, cross-country and swimming, saw significant progress in the pool over the past 18 months, which swayed her decision.

again winning by more than 100 points.

The program also swept the highpoint total honors in Jaiya Daniels (girls) and Melaki Gutierrez (boys).

Los Alamos followed that with the boys winning a third straight cross-country title, while the girls came up short in claiming a fifth straight title, placing second to Albuquerque Academy.

3. Pecos reclaims Class 2A boys basketball title after three-year absence: For a community that starved for a state boys basketball title for more than 50 years, Pecos sure is packing on the state trophy weight. The Panthers won their fifth blue trophy in the past seven years after downing the upstart Phoenix of Academy for Technology and the Classics, 52-49, in the 2A title game in March.

It halted a three-year absence atop the 2A mountain, but Pecos claimed its sixth trophy since 2016.

The Panthers lost to Albuquerque Menaul in 2022 to bring home the red runner-up trophy.

4. Hunt chooses to swim, not run, for Duke: St. Michael’s junior

Raylee Hunt established herself as perhaps the premier female athlete in Northern New Mexico, collecting a host of individual championships in track, cross-country and swimming. But it was the latter sport that tugged at her heartstrings the most, and she made the decision to commit to the Duke University swimming program for the 2025-26 season.

5. Switching from arena soccer to futsal, pro soccer hits the city: Professional soccer found a home in Santa Fe — just not in the league Daid Frequez envisioned.

The 2005 Santa Fe High graduate tried unsuccessfully to bring a Major Arena Soccer League 2 team to the Genoveva Chavez Community Center ice rink at the start of the year, but concerns of cost and sharing the rink ended that attempt.

So, Fresquez changed course and brought in a National Futsal Premier League team, the Gloom, to Santa Fe High’s Toby Roybal Memorial Gymnasium. It opened with an 8-4 win over Colorado Futsal Please see story on Page B-3

The associated Press

MIAMI — Rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 31 points and got his first double-double, Bam Adebayo finished with 26 points and 15 rebounds and the Miami Heat held on to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 119-113 on Monday night.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra improved to 9-0 on Christmas, the best record in NBA history for head coaches on the holiday.

Tyler Herro scored 22 points, Duncan Robinson added 16 and Kyle Lowry had 12 for the Heat in what became his first Christmas win. Jaquez also grabbed 10 Please see story on Page B-2

INSIDE u Jokic a perfect 18-of-18 from free-throw line as the Nuggets beat the Warriors. See the roundup. PAGE B-2

JIM WEBER/NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO

Los Alamos continues to show it has few peers when producing elite runners. The boys and girls track and field teams swept the Class 4A meet in May for the third straight year and brought home the high-point scorers (Jaiya Daniels for the girls; Melaki Gutierrez for the boys). In the fall, the Hilltopper boys claimed their third-straight cross-country title, while the girls finished second and saw their run of consecutive championships halted at four.

Sports editor: Will Webber, wwebber@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Richard Olmsted, rolmsted@sfnewmexican.com

JIM WEBER/NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO

St. Michael’s coach Valerie Sandoval, center, and players celebrate Nov. 17 after the Lady Horsemen beat Sandia Prep during the State Volleyball Tournament at the Rio Rancho Events Center.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — If the rare late-season matchup between the top teams in the NFL was a statement game, Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore ravens 33 Ravens delivered a Niners 19 loud one to the rest of the league.

INSIDE Jackson threw two touchdown u The Raiders’ passes in a span of two defensive 18 seconds in the TDs upend third quarter and Chiefs. PAGE B-2 the Ravens intercepted Brock Purdy four times in a 33-19 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night.

“Our guys work hard. They compete hard. Everybody wants to be respected,” coach John Harbaugh said. “There’s one way to be respected, and that’s to go out there and earn that.”

Jackson and the Ravens (12-3) turned a highly anticipated matchup between the top two teams in the NFL into a lopsided win with strong performances on both sides of the ball.

Kyle Hamilton and the defense set the tone early by intercepting Purdy on three of the first four drives for the 49ers (11-4) before Jackson started to take over.

He scrambled 30 yards to set up a field goal on the final play of the first half to give the Ravens a 16-12 lead and then helped put the game away early in the third quarter.

After Baltimore forced a punt on the opening drive of the second half, Jackson capped a drive by throwing a 6-yard touchdown pass to Nelson Agholor.

Purdy then was intercepted by Patrick Queen on the next play from scrimmage. Jackson immediately turned that into another score with a 9-yard TD pass to Zay Flowers that made it 30-12.

“I thought Lamar had an MVP performance tonight,” Harbaugh said. “It takes a team to create a performance like that, but it takes a player to play at that level, to play at an MVP level, it takes a player to play that way. Lamar was all over the field.”

Jackson threw for 252 yards, ran for 45 more and vaulted past Purdy to become the MVP favorite, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. His only real mishap came when he got called for intentional grounding in the end zone after nearly tripping over the umpire, leading to a safety in the first quarter.

“We got the W,” Jackson said. “I don’t really care about performance. I just want to win. That’s what happened tonight. On Christmas, I got my gift.”

Purdy had his roughest game as a pro, becoming the first 49ers quarterback to throw four interceptions in a game since Colin Kaepernick in 2015, adding a few more near-interceptions and being unable to generate the big plays that made him the league’s most efficient quarterback coming into the game.

Purdy finished 18 for 32 for 255 yards before getting replaced by Sam Darnold after getting a stinger in the fourth quarter.

“I didn’t mind his demeanor,” coach Kyle Shanahan said about Purdy. “He stayed in there and kept battling. Our whole team struggled there in the second half, so it wasn’t just him.”

San Francisco’s other MVP candidate fared far better with running back Christian McCaffrey running for 102 yards and a TD and adding 28 yards receiving. He set a franchise record with his eighth straight game with at least 100 yards from scrimmage.

This marquee matchup marked the second time ever the teams with sole possession of the best record in each conference played in Week 16 or later.

Both teams remain on top of their conferences. The Niners are in a threeway tie with Philadelphia and Detroit for the best record in the NFC and can still clinch the No. 1 seed and a firstround bye with wins in their final two games.

“The mindset is we can’t let one turn into two,” linebacker Fred Warner said.

“We’ve got to wipe this one. Learn from it, of course, watch the tape hard, be honest with yourself, but we’ve got to get right back to work. We can’t let this affect our confidence as a team. We know who we are.”

The Ravens remained a game ahead of Miami for the best record in the AFC and can clinch the No. 1 seed with a win next week against the Dolphins.

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

4 a.m. Wednesday NHLN — World Junior Hockey Championship Group Stage: Slovakia vs.

Switzerland, Group B, Gothenburg, Sweden

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Noon ESPN — The Quick Lane Bowl: Bowling Green vs. Minnesota, Detroit 3:30 p.m. ESPN — The SERVPRO First Responder Bowl: Texas St. vs.

Rice, Dallas 7 p.m. ESPN — The Guaranteed Rate Bowl: Kansas vs. UNLV, Phoenix

NBA 6 p.m. NBATV — Indiana at Houston 8:30 p.m. NBATV — Charlotte at LA Clippers

IIHF HOCKEY (MEN’S) 6:30 a.m. NHLN — World Junior Hockey Championship Group Stage: Finland vs. Canada, Group A, Gothenburg, Sweden 9 a.m. NHLN — World Junior Hockey Championship Group Stage: U.S. vs. Norway, Group B, Gothenburg, Sweden 11:30 a.m. NHLN — World Junior Hockey Championship Group Stage: Sweden vs. Latvia, Group A, Gothenburg, Sweden

SOCCER (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. USA — Premier League: Nottingham Forest at Newcastle United 8 a.m. USA — Premier League: Fulham at Bournemouth 10:30 a.m. USA — Premier League: Liverpool at Burnley 10:45 a.m. FS2 — Saudi Pro League: Al-Nassr at Al-Ittihad 1 p.m. USA — Premier League: Aston Villa at Manchester United

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Punt Returns 2-10 3-66 Kickoff Returns 0-0 2-34 Interceptions Ret. 1-76 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 16-32-1 24-38-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-2 1-6 Punts 4-39.5 2-54.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-1 Penalties-Yards 3-13 9-65 Time of Possession 25:22 34:38 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_N.Y. Giants, S.Barkley 23-80, Taylor 2-21, DeVito 1-5. Philadelphia, Swift 20-92, Gainwell 6-41, Hurts 8-34, B.Scott 1-3.

PASSING_N.Y. Giants, Taylor 7-16-1-133, DeVito 9-16-0-55. Philadelphia, Hurts 24-38-1-301.

RECEIVING_N.Y. Giants, Bellinger 4-43, Slayton 3-90, W.Robinson 3-16, S.Barkley 3-4, Waller 2-32, Breida 1-3. Philadelphia, Goedert 7-71, A.Brown 6-80, D.Smith 4-79, Gainwell 3-38, Calcaterra 2-21, Covey 1-7, Jones 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

MONDAY’S GAMES

Las Vegas 20, Kansas City 14 Philadelphia 33, N.Y. Giants 25 Baltimore 33, San Francisco 19

THURSDAY, DEC. 28

N.Y. Jets at Cleveland, 6:15 p.m.

LAS VEGAS 20, KANSAS CITY 14

SATURDAY, DEC. 30

LAS VEGAS KANSAS CITY

Detroit at Dallas, 6:15 p.m.

SUNDAY, DEC. 31

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SF_FG Moody 45, 5:58.

Bal_FG Tucker 28, :57.

Second Quarter Bal_Edwards 1 run (Tucker kick), 9:35.

Bal_FG Tucker 41, 7:03.

SF_McCaffrey 9 run (Moody kick), 3:23.

Bal_FG Tucker 29, :00.

Third Quarter Bal_Agholor 6 pass from L.Jackson (Tucker kick), 12:03.

Bal_Flowers 9 pass from L.Jackson (Tucker kick), 11:49.

Bal_FG Tucker 24, 2:39.

Fourth Quarter SF_Bell 12 pass from Darnold (Moody kick), 6:19.

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First downs 23 21 Total Net Yards 343 429 Rushes-yards 26-102 18-121 Passing 241 308 Punt Returns 1-23 1-11 Kickoff Returns 2-44 3-52 Interceptions Ret. 5-53 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 23-35-0 26-46-5 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-11 4-28 Punts 3-43.333 2-56.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 6-67 10-102 Time of Possession 31:14 28:46 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Baltimore, Jackson 7-45, Edwards 9-31, Hill 10-26. San Francisco, McCaffrey 14-103, Darnold 1-9, Samuel 2-7, Purdy 1-2.

PASSING_Baltimore, Jackson 23-35-0-252. San Francisco, Purdy 18-32-4-255, Darnold 8-14-1-81.

RECEIVING_Baltimore, Flowers 9-72, Likely 3-56, Hill 3-31, Agholor 3-10, Beckham 2-13, Edwards 1-39, Kolar 1-17, Bateman 1-14. San Francisco, Kittle 7-126, Aiyuk 6-113, McCaffrey 6-28, Samuel 4-47, Bell 1-12, Juszczyk 1-5, Snead 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

PHILADELPHIA 33, N.Y. GIANTS 25 15 0

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Phi_FG Elliott 21, :00.

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NYG_A.Jackson 76 interception return (S.Barkley run), :09.

Fourth Quarter Phi_Swift 5 run (Elliott kick), 11:07.

Phi_FG Elliott 44, 6:04.

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Third Quarter Las_FG Carlson 35, :24.

Fourth Quarter KC_Ju.Watson 7 pass from Mahomes (Butker kick), 2:42.

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Arizona at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Atlanta at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Carolina at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

L.A. Rams at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

Las Vegas at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

Miami at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

New England at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at Washington, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at Houston, 11 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Seattle, 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Kansas City, 2:25 p.m.

L.A. Chargers at Denver, 2:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Minnesota, 6:20 p.m.

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PASSING_Las Vegas, O’Connell 9-21-0-62. Kansas City, Mahomes 27-44-1-235, Townsend 1-1-0-11.

RECEIVING_Las Vegas, Meyers 3-42, Hooper 2-13, Fotheringham 1-6, Adams 1-4, Abdullah 1-1, Tucker 1-(minus 4). Kansas City, Rice 6-57, Kelce 5-44, Ju.Watson 4-38, Pacheco 4-0, James 3-54, Edwards-Helaire 3-42, Gray 1-5, Bell 1-4, Ross 1-2.

MISSED FIELD GOALS_Kansas City, Butker 36.

NBA DALLAS 128, PHOENIX 111

DALLAS (128) Hardaway Jr. 6-14 3-3 18, Jones Jr. 9-18 2-4 23, Lively II 8-9 4-9 20, Doncic 15-25 12-12 50, Exum 3-7 0-0 7, Prosper 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 1-3 1-2 3, Powell 2-2 0-0 4, Curry 0-0 0-0 0, Hardy 1-4 0-0 3, Lawson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 45-84 22-30 128.

PHOENIX (114) Durant 3-10 7-7 13, Gordon 6-12 0-0 14, Eubanks 1-3 0-0 2, Allen 12-22 0-0 32, Booker 6-14 7-10 20, Azubuike 2-2 0-0 4, Metu 9-18 3-4 23, Little 0-0 0-0 0, Goodwin 0-3 2-2 2, Okogie 0-5 1-2 1. Totals 39-89 20-25 111.

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3-Point Goals_Dallas 16-44 (Doncic 8-16, Jones Jr. 3-8, Hardaway Jr. 3-9, Hardy 1-3, Exum 1-4, Lawson 0-2, Williams 0-2), Phoenix 13-40 (Allen 8-17, Metu 2-6, Gordon 2-7, Booker 1-4, Goodwin 0-1, Durant 0-2, Okogie 0-3). Fouled Out_None.

Rebounds_Dallas 38 (Lively II 10), Phoenix 47 (Metu 19). Assists_Dallas 28 (Doncic 15), Phoenix 27 (Booker 10). Total Fouls_Dallas 20, Phoenix 21.

A_17,071 (18,422) MILWAUKEE (122) G.Antetokounmpo 13-24 5-9 32, Middleton 1020 0-0 24, B.Lopez 5-9 2-2 14, Beasley 0-2 0-0 0, Lillard 10-21 8-9 32, Beauchamp 0-0 0-0 0, Portis 5-11 2-2 12, Connaughton 1-4 0-0 3, Jackson Jr. 0-2 2-2 2, Payne 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 45-95 19-24 122.

NEW YORK (129) Barrett 8-14 3-4 21, Randle 8-17 6-6 24, Hartenstein 5-7 1-2 11, Brunson 15-28 7-9 38, DiVincenzo 1-6 0-0 3, Gibson 0-1 0-0 0, Grimes 1-2 0-1 2, Hart 5-7 0-0 10, Quickley 7-10 4-4 20. Totals 50-92 21-26 129.

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

Wednesday Boys basketball — Jaelene Berger Holiday Hoops Classic at Rio Rancho: first round, Abq. St. Pius X vs. Santa Fe High, 3 p.m.; Abq. Hope Christian vs. Española Valley, 1 p.m.

Stu Clark Tournament at New Mexico Highlands University: first round, Belen vs. St. Michael’s, 1 p.m.; Portales vs. Taos, 2:30 p.m.; Socorro vs.

Las Vegas Robertson, 6 p.m.; Pecos vs. West Las Vegas, 7:30 p.m.

Rumble In The Jungle at Aztec: first round, Newcomb vs. Academy for Technology and the Classics, 1 p.m.

Poe Corn Invitational at Roswell/Roswell Goddard: first round, Clovis vs.

Los Alamos (Goddard), 7:30 p.m.

Girls basketball — Lady Horsemen Christmas Tournament at St. Michael’s: first round, Taos vs.

Pecos, 1:30 p.m.; Los Alamos vs.

Abq. Hope Christian, 3 p.m.; Peñasco vs. Española Valley, 4:30 p.m.; Abq. Sandia Prep vs. St Michael’s, 6 p.m.

Rumble In The Jungle Tournament at Aztec/Koogler Middle School: first round, Academy for Technology and the Classics vs. Dulce, 11 a.m.(Koogler); Mesa Vista vs.

Wingate, 3 p.m.(Koogler)

Thursday Boys basketball — Jaelene Berger Holiday Hoops Classic at Rio Rancho: semifinals/consolation, Santa Fe High vs. Abq. Sandia Prep/Rio Rancho, 7 p.m.(semifinal)/3 p.m. (consolation); Española Valley vs. Abq. Highland/Navajo Prep, 5 p.m.(semifinal)/1 p.m.(consolation) Stu Clark Tournament at New Mexico Highlands University: semifinals, Belen/St. Michael’s winner vs.

Socorro/Las Vegas Robertson winner, 6 p.m.; Portales/Taos winner vs. Pecos/West Las Vegas winner, 7:30 p.m.; consolation, Belen/St. Michael’s loser vs. Socorro/Las Vegas Robertson loser, 2:30 p.m.; Portales/Taos loser vs. Pecos/West Las Vegas loser, 1 p.m.

Senai Eagle Tournament at University of New Mexico (Johnson Gym): first round, East Mountain vs. Santa Fe Indian School, 7:30 p.m.

ATC at Rumble In The Jungle Tournament at Aztec: TBA Poe Corn Invitational at Roswell/Roswell Goddard: semifinal/consolation, Los Alamos vs. Kirtland Central/Goddard, 7:30 p.m.(semifinal)/6 p.m.(consolation) Dual Cities Tournament at Santa Rosa: first round, Peñasco vs. Monte del Sol, 3:30 p.m; Mora vs. Questa, 5 pm.

Girls basketball — Los Alamos, Española Valley, Peñasco, Taos, Pecos at Lady Horsemen Christmas Tournament at St. Michael’s: TBA

Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Milwaukee 44 (G.Antetokounmpo 13), New York 41 (Hart, Randle 9). Assists_Milwaukee 26 (Lillard 8), New York 27 (Brunson 6). Total Fouls_Milwaukee 23, New York 18. A_19,812 (19,812)

DENVER 120, GOLDEN STATE 114

GOLDEN STATE (114) Kuminga 4-8 5-8 13, Thompson 3-12 0-0 9, Looney 2-3 0-0 4, Curry 7-21 1-1 18, Podziemski 4-7 2-2 13, Jackson-Davis 3-4 2-2 8, Wiggins 7-11 6-6 22, Saric 5-11 4-4 14, Moody 0-0 0-0 0, Paul 5-10 0-0 13. Totals 40-87 20-23 114.

DENVER (120) Gordon 7-10 1-4 16, Porter Jr. 8-17 0-0 19, Jokic 4-12 18-18 26, Caldwell-Pope 6-13 0-0 16, Murray 10-18 5-5 28, Nnaji 0-0 0-0 0, Braun 2-4 0-2 6, Jackson 0-2 2-2 2, Strawther 1-1 0-1 2, Watson 2-5 0-0 5. Totals 40-82 26-32 120.

GOLDEN ST 26 28 DENVER 29 24

35 39

25 28

— 114 — 120

3-Point Goals_Golden State 14-40 (Podziemski 3-4, Paul 3-5, Thompson 3-10, Curry 3-13, Wiggins 2-4, Kuminga 0-1, Saric 0-3), Denver 14-34 (Caldwell-Pope 4-9, Murray 3-5, Porter Jr. 3-10, Braun 2-2, Watson 1-2, Gordon 1-4, Jokic 0-2).

Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Golden State 39 (Podziemski 9), Denver 43 (Jokic 14). Assists_ Golden State 23 (Podziemski 6), Denver 25 (Jokic 8). Total Fouls_Golden State 23, Denver 17.

A_19,811 (19,520)

BOSTON 126, L.A. LAKERS 115

BOSTON (126) Brown 7-17 4-7 19, Tatum 6-15 12-13 25, Porzingis 11-19 4-7 28, Holiday 7-10 1-1 18, White 8-13 0-0 18, Hauser 1-5 0-0 2, Horford 2-4 0-0 6, Queta 0-0 0-0 0, Pritchard 4-8 0-0 10. Totals 4691 21-28 126.

L.A. LAKERS (115) Reddish 1-2 2-2 5, Vanderbilt 3-5 0-0 6, Davis 15-26 8-10 40, James 5-14 5-6 16, Prince 6-13 0-0 17, Hachimura 5-14 0-0 12, Hayes 0-1 0-2 0, Reaves 4-9 1-1 11, Russell 4-6 0-0 8. Totals 43-90 16-21 115.

BOST 32 26 LAKERS 23 34

41 33

27 25

— 126 — 115

3-Point Goals_Boston 13-42 (Holiday 3-5, Horford 2-4, White 2-4, Pritchard 2-6, Porzingis 2-8, Brown 1-5, Tatum 1-6, Hauser 0-4), L.A. Lakers 13-32 (Prince 5-12, Reaves 2-3, Davis 2-4, Hachimura 2-9, Reddish 1-1, James 1-2, Russell 0-1). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Boston 44 (Porzingis 11), L.A. Lakers 43 (Davis 13).

Assists_Boston 31 (White 11), L.A. Lakers 24 (James 8). Total Fouls_Boston 17, L.A. Lakers 19.

A_18,997 (18,997)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2023-24 BOWLS 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 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

DEC. 18

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

DEC. 19

Frisco Bowl, Frisco, Texas UTSA 35, Marshall 17

DEC. 21

Boca Raton Bowl, Boca Raton, Fla. USF 45, Syracuse 0

DEC. 22

Gasparilla Bowl, Tampa, Fla. Georgia Tech 30, UCF 17

DEC. 23

N.Y. KNICKS 129, MILWAUKEE 122

MILWAUKEE NEW YORK

PREP SCHEDULE

122 129

3-Point Goals_Milwaukee 13-42 (Middleton 4-9, Lillard 4-13, B.Lopez 2-6, G.Antetokounmpo 1-2, Payne 1-2, Connaughton 1-4, Beasley 0-1, Jackson Jr. 0-1, Portis 0-4), New York 8-26 (Quickley 2-4, Barrett 2-5, Randle 2-5, Brunson 1-3, DiVincenzo 1-5, Gibson 0-1, Grimes 0-1, Hart 0-2).

Camellia Bowl, Montgomery, Ala. N. Illinois 21, Arkansas St. 19 Birmingham Bowl, Birmingham, Ala. Duke 17, Troy 10 Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, Texas Air Force 31, No. 24 James Madison 21 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Boise, Idaho Georgia St. 45, Utah St. 22 68 Ventures Bowl, Mobile, Ala. South Alabama 59, Eastern Michigan 10 Las Vegas Bowl, Las Vegas, Nev. Northwestern 14, Utah 7 Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu Coastal Carolina 24, San Jose St. 14

TUESDAY

Quick Lane Bowl, Detroit Bowling Green vs. Minnesota, noon First Responder Bowl, Dallas Texas St. vs. Rice, 3:30 p.m.

Senai Eagle Tournament at University of New Mexico (Johnson Gym): first round, Santa Fe Indian School vs. Native American Community Academy, 6 p.m.

Rumble In The Jungle Tournament at Aztec: semifinals/consolation, Academy for Technology and the Classics vs. Red Rock (Ariz.)/Aztec, 7 p.m.(semifinal)/11 a.m.(consolation); Mesa Vista vs. Grants/ Newcomb, 3 p.m.(semifinal)/1 p.m.(consolation)

Friday Boys basketball — Jaelene Berger Holiday Hoops Classic at Rio Rancho: championship, 7 p.m.; third place, 5 p.m.; fifth place, 3 p.m.; seventh place, 1 p.m.

Stu Clark Tournament at New Mexico Highlands University: championship, 7:30 p.m.; third place, 6 p.m.; fifth place, 2:30 p.m.; seventh place, 1 p.m.

Senai Eagle Tournament at University of New Mexico (Johnson Gym): semifinal/consolation, Santa Fe Indian School vs. Mescalero Apache/ Dexter, 8 p.m. (semifinal, Johnson Gym; consolation, Johnson South Gym A) ATC at Rumble In The Jungle Tournament at Aztec: TBA Los Alamos at Poe Corn Invitational: TBA Dual Cities Tournament at Santa Rosa: semifinal/consolation, Mora/ Questa vs. Cimarron/Des Moines, 5 p.m.(semifinal)/2 p.m.(consolation); Peñasco/Monte del Sol vs.

Cuba/Santa Rosa, 6:30 p.m.(semfinal)/3 p.m.(consolation) Escalante at Navajo Pine, 6 p.m.

Girls basketball — Los Alamos, Española Valley, Peñasco, Taos, Pecos at Lady Horsemen Christmas Tournament at St. Michael’s: TBA Senai Eagle Tournament at University of New Mexico (Johnson Gym): semifinal/consolation, Santa Fe Indian School vs. Mescalero Apache/ To’hajiilee, 6:30 p.m(semifinal, Johnson Gym)/8 p.m.(consolation, South Gym C) ATC, Mesa Vista at Rumble In The Jungle Tournament at Aztec: TBA Santa Fe High at Clovis, 2:30 p.m.

Coronado at Questa, 5 p.m.

Escalante at Navajo Pine, 4 p.m.

Abq. Highland at West Las Vegas, 4 p.m.

Saturday Boys basketball — Senai Eagle Tournament at University of New Mexico (Johnson Gym): championship, 8 p.m. (Johnson); third place, 7:30 p.m. (South Gym A); fifth place, 7:30 p.m. (South Gym C); seventh place, 7:30 p.m. (Auxilary Gym) Dual Cities Tournament at Santa Rosa: championship, 6:30 p.m.; third place, 5 p.m.; fifth place, 3:30 p.m.; seventh place, 2 p.m.

Girls basketball — Senai Eagle Tournament at University of New Mexico (Johnson Gym): championship, 6 p.m. (Johnson Gym); third place, 6 p.m. (South Gym A); fifth place, 5:30 p.m. (South Gym C); seventh place, 5:30 p.m.(Auxiliary Gym).

Guaranteed Rate Bowl, Phoenix Kansas vs. UNLV, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Military Bowl Presented, Annapolis, Md. No. 23 Tulane vs. Virginia Tech, noon Duke’s Mayo Bowl, Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina vs. West Virginia, 3:30 p.m.

Holiday Bowl, San Diego No. 16 Louisville vs. Southern Cal, 6 p.m.

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

THURSDAY

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

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

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

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

FRIDAY

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

Sun Bowl. El Paso 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.

SATURDAY

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

Music City Bowl, Nashville, Tenn.

Maryland vs. Auburn, noon 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

ReliaQuest Bowl, Tampa, Fla. No. 13 LSU vs. Wisconsin, 10 a.m.

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 College Football Playoff Semifinal Pasadena, Calif.

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

Allstate Sugar Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinal New Orleans No. 2 Washington vs. No. 3 Texas, 6:45 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 8 CFP National Championship Houston Semifinal winners, 5:30 p.m.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25

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.

RECORD PURDUE (46)11-1 2. Kansas (5) 11-1 3. Houston (9)12-0 4. Arizona 9-2 5. UConn 11-2 6. Tennessee 9-3 7. FAU 10-2 8. Kentucky 9-2 9. N/C 8-3 10. Marquette 10-3 11. Illinois 9-2 12. Oklahoma 10-1 13. Gonzaga 9-3 14. BYU 11-1 15. Colo. St. 11-1 16. Duke 8-3 17. Baylor 10-2 18. Clemson 10-1 19. Memphis 10-2 20. J Madison 12-0 21. Texas 9-2 22. Creighton 9-3 23. Wisconsin 9-3 24. Miss 12-0 25. Providence

PTS 1486 1424 1408 1191 1150 1124 1089 1074 954 928 902 778 577 575 573 551 532 513 493 417 342 340 287 243 11-2

PRV1.

1 2 3 4 5 8 14 9 11 6 13 7 15 17 16 21 10 18 23 20 19 12 24 25 128

TRANSACTIONS FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Waived DT Domenique Davis.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed K Riley Patterson to the practice squad.

LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Waived QB Max Duggan and DT Sebastian Joseph-Day. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Waived OLB Nick Vigil.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed WR Willie Snead from the practice squad. Waived OL Matt Pryor. Elevated DL T.Y. McGill and CB Jason Verrett from practice squad.

CHARLIE RIEDEL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, center, is stopped by Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby, left, and linebacker Divine Deablo on Monday in Kansas City, Mo.

NFL

Raiders’ defensive TDs upend Chiefs The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Las Vegas got a pair of defensive touchdowns for the second straight week, including a pick-6 of the struggling Patrick Mahomes, and Raiders 20 the resurgent Raiders held Chiefs 14 off the sloppy Kansas City Chiefs 20-14 on Monday to keep their slim postseason hopes alive.

Defensive tackle Bilal Nichols returned a fumble 8 yards for a touchdown, and Jack Jones took an interception 33 yards for another score 7 seconds later, helping the Raiders (7-8) snap a six-game losing streak to the Chiefs. The Raiders have five defensive TDs this season, their most since 2005.

Kansas City (9-6) squandered an opportunity to clinch the AFC West for the eighth consecutive year with one of their worst performances of the Mahomes era.

The Chiefs still had a chance to win after Mahomes hit Justin Watson for a touchdown with 2:42 to go. But on the ensuing possession, the Raiders’ Zamir White got loose for a 43-yard gain, picking up a first down that allowed them to run out the clock.

Mahomes finished 27 of 44 for 235 yards and an interception.

Aidan O’Connell was 9 of 21 for 62 yards, never completing a pass after the first quarter, while White had 145 yards on the ground. Malcolm Koonce had three sacks for the Raiders.

EAGLES 33, GIANTS 25 In Philadelphia, Jalen Hurts scored on the “tush push” that gave him the NFL record for most rushing scores by a quarterback in a season, threw for a touchdown, and Philadelphia (11-4) snapped a three-game losing streak with a win over New York.

Adoree’ Jackson gave the Giants (5-10) a spark when he returned an interception 76 yards for a score, and Saquon Barkley converted a 2-point conversion that made it 20-18 late in the third quarter.

But the Eagles put it away in the fourth on D’Andre Swift’s 5-yard touchdown run and a pair of field goals by Jake Elliott.

New York’s Tyrod Taylor connected with Darius Slayton for a 69-yard score late in the fourth that made it 30-25. Taylor was picked off in the end zone on the final play of the game.

Hurts scored his 15th rushing TD of the season on a 1-yard tush push early in the first quarter that gave him the most for a QB in a season in NFL history. Carolina’s Cam Newton held the record with 14 in 2011.

Hurts threw a 36-yard TD pass to DeVonta Smith for a 17-3 lead that gave him 35 total touchdowns this season, tying the team’s season record.

NBA

Knicks snap Bucks’ 7-game win streak The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Jalen Brunson scored 38 points and the New York Knicks snapped Milwaukee’s seven-game winning streak, ending their lengthy Knicks 129 skid against Bucks 122 the Bucks with a 129-122 victory Monday.

The Knicks had dropped nine straight meetings, including a 130-111 loss on Saturday in the opener of this two-game series. The Bucks had handled New York easily twice while rolling through their December schedule, but they haven’t solved Brunson all season, and the point guard got plenty of help from his teammates this time.

Julius Randle added 24 points and nine rebounds, RJ Barrett bounced back from a poor game Saturday with 21 points and Immanuel Quickley came off the bench for 20.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard each scored 32 points for the Bucks.

NUGGETS 120, WARRIORS 114 In Denver, Jamal Murray scored 28 points, Nikola Jokic overcame an off day from the field by going

18 of 18 from the free throw line and the Nuggets extended its winning streak to five games by holding off Golden State.

Jokic finished with 26 points despite going 4 of 12 from the floor. He also had 14 rebounds and eight assists.

It was a back-and-forth game that featured nine lead changes in the second half.

MAVERICKS 128, SUNS 114 In Phoenix, Luka Doncic scored 50 points to eclipse 10,000 for his career and had 14 assists, lifting the Mavericks over the Suns.

Doncic capped a Christmas Day full of NBA games with a stellar performance, hitting 8 of 16 from 3 and all 12 of his free throws. He eclipsed 10,000 career points in the first quarter to reach the milestone in 358 career games, seventh fastest in NBA history.

Dereck Lively II had 20 points and 10 rebounds after missing the previous four games with an ankle sprain, and Tim Hardaway Jr. added 18 points in Dallas’ ninth straight game without Kyrie Irving (heel).

Chimezie Metu and Grayson Allen gave the Suns a lift off the bench. Allen scored 19 of his 32 points in the third quarter to help the Suns rally from a 15-point deficit and went 8 of 17 from 3. Metu had 23 points and a career-high 19 rebounds.

Jaquez Jr. leads Heat to win over 76ers Continued from Page B-1

rebounds for Miami, which held a 56-36 edge on the boards.

Reigning MVP and two-time defending scoring champion Joel Embiid missed the game for Philadelphia because of an ankle sprain. Tobias Harris scored 27 points for the 76ers, and Kelly Oubre Jr. added 25.

Mo Bamba scored 18, De’Anthony Melton had 15 and Tyrese Maxey — who shot 4 for 20 from the floor — finished with 12.

The Heat were again without

Jimmy Butler (calf strain) and also ruled out Josh Richardson (back discomfort) and Haywood Highsmith (illness) — then lost starting forward Caleb Martin in the first half to an ankle sprain.

It was 86-86 after three quarters, the sort of score that suggests it had been close for much of the way to that point.

That was not the case.

There were wild ebbs and flows, with Philadelphia starting hot, then Miami opening a huge lead and the 76ers not even needing a full quarter to erase what was a 21-point Heat edge.

THE WEATHER ALMANAC

Midnight through 6 p.m. Monday

Santa Fe Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... .Month . . . . . to . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.65" .... . . . . .to Year . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11.97" .....

AREA RAINFALL

Albuquerque Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trace ..... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.34" ....

Tonight

Today

Sunny.

34

Sunny.

17

Humidity (Noon)

POLLEN COUNTS Santa Fe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3, Severity . . . .Low ...

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

Albuquerque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3, Severity . . . .Low ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juniper Allergens ......

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.

Partly Cloudy.

43 / 23

Mostly Sunny.

42 / 24

Humidity (Noon)

Monday

Partly Cloudy.

43 / 25

Humidity (Noon)

Humidity (Noon)

41 / 22

Humidity (Noon)

44%

44%

43%

42%

51%

52%

Wind: SW 15 mph

Wind: WSW 10 mph

Wind: W 10 mph

Wind: NW 15 mph

Wind: WNW 10 mph

Wind: NW 10 mph

NEW MEXICO WEATHER

NATIONAL WEATHER

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

Taos 32 / 8

Farmington 39 / 15

San Francisco 59/51

Las Vegas 42 / 19

Pecos 36 / 17 Albuquerque 42 / 18

Truth or Consequences 54 / 26

L

Albuquerque 42/18 Phoenix 62/41

Dallas 55/37

L

50/27 s 47/23 s 36/3 s 54/25 s 55/26 s 39/8 s 45/18 s 46/26 s 37/18 s 51/26 s 37/21 s 54/24 s 45/16 s 40/18 s 52/22 s 44/15 s 45/16 s 55/30 s 54/28 s

-0s

Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W 37/18 s 44/27 s 29/18 s 43/23 s 42/23 s 34/10 s 22/0 s 39/19 s 48/30 s 37/25 s 44/22 s 50/24 s 46/30 s 46/28 s 32/10 pc 40/26 s 49/33 s 29/18 s 38/14 s

42/19 s 51/22 s 34/17 s 45/20 s 48/23 s 38/21 pc 26/4 s 40/19 s 55/26 s 40/24 s 46/24 s 45/26 s 48/22 s 54/26 s 32/8 s 47/23 s 55/27 s 36/16 s 43/11 s

46/20 s 53/26 s 38/21 s 46/21 s 53/24 s 40/18 s 36/6 s 44/23 s 56/27 s 47/23 s 49/22 s 50/29 s 49/23 s 52/27 s 40/11 s 50/22 s 54/29 s 41/19 s 45/20 s

Weather (w): cl-cloudy, fg-fog, hz-haze, mc-mostly cloudy, pc-partly cloudy, r-rain, rs-rain & snow, s-sunny, sh-showers, sn-snow, ss-snow showers, t-thunderstorms

WIND TRACKER

8 p.m.

New Orleans 57/47

0s

10s

20s

30s

Miami 80/66

Monterrey 63/51 Mérida 88/69

Guadalajara 66/55

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70s

Cancún 78/73

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100s

110s

Fronts:

56° in Animas -4° in Jemez Pueblo

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

Atlanta 64/46

Mexico City 63/54

Rain

Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W City

Washington D.C. 51/48

St. Louis 45/35

Carlsbad 56 / 25

NEW MEXICO CITIES

2 p.m.

Denver 43/26

Hobbs 51 / 29

Alamogordo 47 / 26

High Low

8 a.m. Tue.

Las Vegas 60/42

La Paz 72/63

STATE EXTREMES MONDAY

47/26 s 42/18 s 28/1 pc 55/24 s 56/25 s 28/4 s 40/19 pc 41/25 pc 27/16 s 47/23 s 39/15 s 55/22 s 37/13 s 39/15 s 49/24 s 41/9 s 42/11 s 51/29 s 55/26 s

H

New York 51/44

Detroit 54/42

Chicago 45/33

Omaha 32/23

Hermosillo 73/53

Roswell 55 / 26

Las Cruces 55 / 26

Alamogordo 48/30 s Albuquerque 40/27 s Angel Fire 22/0 s Artesia 46/34 s Carlsbad 47/34 pc Chama 29/9 pc Cimarron 22/0 s Clayton 37/19 s Cloudcroft 48/30 s Clovis 42/23 s Crownpoint 34/10 s Deming 52/27 s 29/18 s Espan~ ola Farmington 36/12 s Fort Sumner 44/21 pc Gallup 42/10 s Grants 40/11 s Hobbs 37/28 s Las Cruces 49/33 s

Los Angeles 68/50

Clovis 47 / 23

Ruidoso 40 / 24

Boise 35/25

Boston 50/40

Minneapolis 44/28

Billings 39/23

Santa Fe 34 / 17

Gallup G 4 /9 41

City

Seattle 50/44

Clayton 41 / 25

Los Alamos 34 / 17

Sillver City 45 5 / 26

H

Raton 38 / 21

~ ola Espan 37 / 13

AIR QUALITY INDEX

Source: www.airnow.gov

Sunny.

Sunday

62%

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

41 / 22

Humidity (Noon)

Saturday

Wind: SE 15 mph

WATER STATISTICS

.Monday's . . . . . . . . rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 .. . . . . . . . .Forecast Today's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 ..

Humidity (Noon)

Friday

43%

Los Alamos Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.56" ....

The following water statistics of December 23rd are provided by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons).

Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 3.995 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 1.947 City Wells: 0.0 Buckman Wells: 0.041 Total production: 5.983 Total consumption: 6.371 Santa Fe reservoir inflow: 1.36 Reservoir storage: 296.55 Estimated reservoir capacity: 23.21%

Mostly Sunny.

40 / 20

Humidity (Mid.)

Thursday

Wind: N 20 mph

Las Vegas Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.33" ....

Taos Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.94" ....

Wednesday

Clear.

THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN

B-3

NATIONAL CITIES

7 DAY FORECAST FOR SANTA FE

Santa Fe Airport Temperatures High/low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35°/19° ......

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ABOVE: Santa Fe High’s Bryce Melton exploded onto to the state track scene with a sophomore year to remember. He won the 100 meters race in 10.75 seconds, becoming the first Demons sprinter to win the race in 96 years. He later set a state record in the 200.

Before the 2022-23 season, ATC was a program full of promise. When it concluded in March, the Phoenix made its case as a contender in Class 2A. LEFT: Even with a change in head coaches, Santa Fe Indian School made it back to the Class 3A girls basketball championship game in March. While they came up short for the second straight year, this time losing to Tohatchi, the Lady Braves showed they are one of the top programs in 3A. JIM WEBER/NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO

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Academy earlier this month.

6. Melton is speed Demon for Santa Fe High: Bryce Melton wasn’t on anybody’s radar screen when the 2023 track and field season began, but he wore the target of the state’s best sprinter by the end of it. Melton exploded onto state’s track scene when he ran a state-best 11.04 seconds in the 100 meters, then put everybody on notice when he ran a 10.49 at the District 5-5 meet in May. With his eyes set on setting the state record in the

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Las Vegas Robertson and Santa Fe Indian School were the top two Class 3A softball programs for the past two seasons. The two played for the state title for the second straight year in May, with the Lady Cardinals beating the Lady Braves, 10-4, for their second straight state title.

premier event, Melton ended up becoming the first Demon to win the race in 96 years with a 10.75.

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200, which sets up a junior year full of wonder and promise.

7. Horsemen, Cardinals rivalry intensifies in boys

basketball, football: What was once one of the best rivalries in the North morphed into the best in the region, then in Class 3A. Dare we say it ranks among the best in the state now?

The strength of the long-time rivalry is at its best right now in boys basketball and football. The two programs have played in the last two boys basketball finals and two of the last three football title matchups.

The two programs have evenly split those four matchups, with St. Michael’s gaining the upper hand in 2023 by besting the Cardinals in basketball and football. It’s a safe bet to expect them to face off in one of those two sports — if not both — in 2024.

8. SFIS makes 3A girls basketball title game for second straight year: The strength of any program can be found when it faces change. Santa Fe Indian School girls basketball went through a change in head

coaches from 2022 to 2023 when Patricia Chavez was replaced by her assistant, Teri Morrison.

What didn’t change was the Lady Braves destination — the 3A championship game. SFIS made it back to The Pit after losing a heart-breaker to Las Vegas Robertson in 2022, facing eventual champion Tohatchi.

Change continued to be a constant as the program switched coaches for a third straight year, as Khadijha Jackson took over the program in June. But the goal still remains the same — get to The Pit in March.

9. Phoenix make meteoric rise to contender in 2A boys basketball: Before the 2022-23 season began, Academy for Technology and the Classics was a program full of promise.

When it concluded in March, the Phoenix made its case as a contender in Class 2A after coming close to beating Pecos in the title game. Along the way, they gained a following in the city

that showed with every win, as ATC eventually had to use Santa Fe High to host its first-round game.

With all but three key players returning — Julian Bernardino, Rocky Miller and Jordan Apodaca — the Phoenix end the year as the favorite to raise the blue trophy in 2024.

10. For second year in a row, Robertson, SFIS play for softball crown: For a region not considered a softball hot bed, Robertson and SFIS made an effort over the past two seasons to change that narrative. The two teams were clearly the best in 3A and faced off for the state title both years. Even better, both teams took turns holding the No. 1 seed for the state tournament, with the Lady Braves holding that spot in May. The Lady Cardinals proved to be the best team for the second year in a row, and they will likely be the favorites to make it a three-peat in the spring.

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Wednesday, January 3 . EXCEPTION Friday, Dec. 29, Noon STREET. STREET EXCEPTION A completed bid packREQUEST RE QUEST age must be submitCOMMUNITY CALENDAR ted in a sealed NOTICE NO TICE OF PUBLIC container indicating MEETING theThursday, bid title and numWednesday, January 3 Dec. 28, 5pm Martinez Architecture ber along with the bidStudios, agent for ding firm’s name and clearly Michael Vinson, address owner, requests that marked on the outside The offices of the the Santa Fe New Mexican willcontainer. be closedAllon MonGoverning Body of of the received ed the City of Santa Fe, bids must be receiv day, January 1, 2024.

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The call center#92056 Fe County P Pu uring projects for land Santa Fe chasing Division loGREATER GREA TER CHIMAY CHIMAYO located at 1150 will re-open on Tuesday, January 2 at 6am cated at 102 Gr Grant ant MUTUAL MUTU AL DOMESTIC Cristo Rey Street: Avenue, Santa F Fe, e, NM WATER CONSUMERS 87501. By submitting a ASSOCIA ASSOCIATION, TION, SANT SANTA A 2 0 2 3 - 0 0 7 3 6 2 - H D R B . 87501 FE AND RIO ARRIBA ARRIBA 1150 Cristo Rey. Down- bid for the requested COUNTIES,, NEW MEXMEXtown & Eastside His- materials and/or serv- COUNTIES ICO toric District. ices each firm is certifying that their bid is NO NOTICE TICE OF ADOPTION contributing.

OF RESOLUTION RESOLUTION Martinez Architecture in compliance with the Studios, agent for regulations and requirements stated Notice is hereby given LEGAL #92028 Michael Vinson, of the title and of a owner, proposes to within this IFB. general summary of STATE OF NEW MEXICO construct a 230 sq.

COUNTY OF SANTA FE ft. addition with an 86 Santa Fe County has the subject matter preventative contained in ResoluFIRST JUDICIAL sq. ft. portal to a taken DISTRICT COURT height of 11’ -0” where measures to insure the tion No. 2023-1219, the maximum allow- safety of its staff and duly adopted and apthe public. In an effort proved by the Board of Case No. able is 16’6”, D-101-PB-2023-00319 and a 62 sq. ft. portal to combat the spread Directors of Greater to a height of 11’ -0” of the recent COVID-19 Chimayo Mutual Dothe Bid mestic LEGALS Water ConIN THE MATTER 10 feet of the Pandemic, LEGALS OF THE within LEGALS LEGALS ESTATE OF GEORGE primary facade. An ex- Opening will be held sumers Association on via WebEx b by y using the December 19, 2023. A ALDRICH KEMP, II, ception is below or by by calling complete copy of the Deceased. requested to section link below (480) 418-9388 meeting Resolution is available 14-5.2(D)(2)(d). number: 2496 935 5894.

5894 for public inspection NOTICE TO CREDITORS On October 24, 2023, If a bidder submitting during normal and business NOTICE IS HEREBY the Historic Districts a bid chooses to stay regular GIVEN the under- Review Board recom- for the bid opening, hours in the office of signed has been ap- mended that the Gov- only ONE (1) person the Secretary at SR 76 representing the firm #694, Chimayo, New pointed Personal erning Body Representative of the approve this request. may be in the confer- Mexico 87522.

Estate of George Notice is hereby given ence room. Social diswill be The title of the ResoluAldrich Kemp, II De- that the Governing tancing ceased. All persons Body will hold a public maintained during the tion is: opening and hand sanhaving claims against hearing that GREATER GREA TER CHIMAY CHIMAYO this Estate are re- will be conducted both itizer will be available, MUTUAL MUTUAL DOMESTIC quired to present their in-person and virtually all surfaces will be claims within four (4) using Zoom, at 5:00 wiped down with dis- WATER CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION, TION, SANT SANTA A months after the date p.m. on January 10, infectant. If you plan ASSOCIA on attending in person FE AND RIO ARRIBA ARRIBA of the first publication 2024, on this COUNTIES,, NEW MEXMEXof this Notice or the request. The video please email apatter- COUNTIES o n ICO claims will be forever conference link and s RESOLUTION UTION NO. NO. 2023barred. Claims must teleconference num- sanchez@santafecoun RESOL tynm.gov.

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26th day of December Lomas Drive, NM 87508. Only bid- MESTIC WATER CON2023. ders who ar are e in atten- SUMERS ASSOCIATION Dated: December 14, may bid the ( T H E 2023. /s/GERLYN CARDENAS dance may project. pr oject. All bidders “BORROWER/GRANTEE INTERIM CITY CLERK must be in attendance ”), IN THE TOTAL /s/ Kathleen A. Jones and on time in or order der to AMOUNT OF $965,000, Kemp PUB: Dec. 26, 2023 submit a bid.

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Bids https://www.santafe- SOLELY FROM THE NET Jan 2, 2024 may be held for ninety c o u n t y n m . g o v / fi - SYSTEM REVENUES OF (90) days subject to all nance/purchasing-divi THE WATER UTILITY LEGAL #92050 action by the County. sion/current-bid-solic- SYSTEM OF THE BORSanta Fe County re- itations or by contact- R O W E R / G R A N T E E ; CASE #2023-007362- serves the right to re- ing Amanda CERTIFYING THAT THE HDRB ject any and all bids in Patterson-Sanchez, L O A N / G R A N T 1150 CRIST CRISTO O REV part or in whole.

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STREET EXCEPTION EXCEPTION chasing, by telephone WITH OTHER FUNDS REQUEST RE QUEST (505) 992-6753, AVAILABLE TO THE A completed bid pack- at age must be submit- email at apatterson- BORROWER/GRANTEE, NOTICE NO TICE OF PUBLIC ted in a sealed s a n c h e z @ s a n t a f e - IS SUFFICIENT TO COMMEETING PLETE THE PROJECT; container indicating countynm.gov.

APPROVING THE FORM the bid title and numMartinez Architecture ber along with the bid- BIDS RECEIVED RECEIVED AFTER OF AND OTHER DEStudios, agent for ding firm’s name and THE D DA ATE AND TIME TAILS CONCERNING Michael Vinson, address SPECIFIED CIFIED ABO ABOVE VE WILL THE LOAN/GRANT clearly SPE owner, requests that marked on the outside NO NOT T BE ACCEPTED ACCEPTED..

AGREEMENT; RATIFYthe Governing Body of of the container. All ING ACTIONS HERETOthe City of Santa Fe, bids must be receiv FORE TAKEN; received ed PUB: Dec. 26, 2023 New Mexico, grant ap- by 2:00 PM on Tuesda REPEALING ALL ACTuesday y, proval for the follow- January 25, 2024 at the LEGAL #92056 TION INCONSISTENT ing projects for land Santa Fe Fe County P Pu urWITH THIS RESOLUlocated at 1150 GREATER GREA TER CHIMAY CHIMAYO chasing Division loTION; AND AUTHORIZCristo Rey Street: MUTUAL MUTUAL DOMESTIC cated at 102 Gr Grant ant ING THE TAKING OF Avenue, Santa F Fe, e, NM WATER CONSUMERS OTHER ACTIONS IN 2 0 2 3 - 0 0 7 3 6 2 - H D R B . 87501 ASSOCIATION, TION, SANT SANTA A CONNECTION 87501. By submitting a ASSOCIA WITH 1150 Cristo Rey. Down- bid for the requested FE AND RIO ARRIBA ARRIBA THE EXECUTION AND town & Eastside His- materials and/or serv- COUNTIES COUNTIES,, NEW MEXMEX- DELIVERY OF THE toric District. ices each firm is certiICO LOAN/GRANT AGREEcontributing.

NOTICE TICE OF ADOPTION MENT. fying that their bid is NO Martinez Architecture in compliance with the OF RESOLUTION RESOLUTION Studios, agent for regulations and reA general summary of Michael Vinson, quirements stated Notice is hereby given the subject matter of owner, proposes to within this IFB. of the title and of a the Resolution is conconstruct a 230 sq. general summary of tained in its title. This ft. addition with an 86 Santa Fe County has the subject matter notice constitutes sq. ft. portal to a taken preventative contained in Resolu- compliance with height of 11’ -0” where measures to insure the tion No. 2023-1219, NMSA 1978, § 6-14-6, as the maximum allow- safety of its staff and duly adopted and ap- amended. able is 16’6”, the public. In an effort proved by the Board of and a 62 sq. ft. portal to combat the spread Directors of Greater PUB: Dec. 26, 2023 to a height of 11’ -0” of the recent COVID-19 Chimayo Mutual Dowithin 10 feet of the Pandemic, the Bid mestic Water ConPlace Your primary facade. An ex- Opening will be held sumers Association on Legal Notice Today! ception is via WebEx b by y using the December 19, 2023. A Call: requested to section link below below or by by calling complete copy of the 14-5.2(D)(2)(d). is available (480)Continued...

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC ADVERTISEMENT SALE OF LIENED PROPERTY STATE OF NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF Notice is hereby given TAXATION AND that a Lien Sale will be REVENUE held at Mini U Storage AND THE REVENUE (formerly Wagon Self PROCESSING DIVISION Storage), 2 Emblem RFP No. 2024-333-4001Road, Santa Fe NM 00060 87507, on 1/10/2023 at FOR SECURITIES PORT1:00 PM to satisfy the FOLIO MANAGEMENT lien on the property STOCK CUSTODIAN stored at the address FOR UNCLAIMED above in the units PROPERTIES listed.

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All qualified vendors Jolene Ortiz are invited to submit a 3267 Primo Colores, proposal. vendors reSanta Fe, NM 87507 sponding to this RFP G78 Misc. Household must be able to Personal Effects demonstrate a capacity to meet the Jamilia Miller Agency’s require6600 Jaguar Dr. APT ments as stated in the 405, Santa Fe, NM Scope of Procurement.

87507 H76 Misc. Household All proposals submitPersonal Effects ted shall be valid for ninety (90) days subCarlton Jefferson ject to action by the 2714 Alamosa Dr, Agency. Taxation and Santa Fe, NM 87505 Revenue Department B25Misc. Household reserves the right to reject any and all proKerry Young 2 2 1 0 posals in part or in miguel chavez unit whole. A completed 1115, Santa Fe, NM proposal shall be sub87505 C78 mitted in a sealed conMisc. Household tainer indicating the Personal Effects proposal title and Business Records number along with the Offeror’s name and Dwayne Hidey address clearly 1720 island lake rd nw, marked on the outside Kalaska mi, mi of the container. All 49646F40 proposals must be reMisc. Household ceived by 3:00 pm on Personal Effects Thursday, January 25, Business Records 2024, at the Joseph Montoya Building, Kathleen Jacobson 1100 S. St. Francis 1260A Gallegos Ln, Drive, Third Floor, Santa Fe, NM Room 3102, Santa Fe, 87505J009 NM 87501.

Misc. Household Personal Effects Request for proposals will be available by All units must be paid contacting Karen for at the time of sale. Emery, Tax and RevCash only will be ac- enue CPO, by e- mail at cepted. No one under Karen.Emery@tax.nm. the age of 18 is al- gov by telephone at lowed to attend the (505) 490-3612. sale. Each person attending must sign in ANY PROPOSAL REand agree to follow all CEIVED BY THE OFFICE Rules and Regulations OF THE PROCUREMENT of the sale. The land- MANAGER AFTER THE lord reserves the right TIME AND DATE SPECIto bid at the sale. All FIED SHALL NOT BE purchased goods are CONSIDERED. sold “as is” and must be removed within 48 Pub: Dec 26, 29, 2023 hours following the sale. Shelving is prop- LEGAL #92028 erty of landlord; do not remove unless author- STATE OF NEW MEXICO ized. Buyers must pro- COUNTY OF SANTA FE vide a current, original FIRST JUDICIAL or a photocopy of their DISTRICT COURT original resale permit at time of sale in lieu Case No. of sales tax. This sale D-101-PB-2023-00319 is subject to cancellation in the event of set- IN THE MATTER OF THE tlement between ESTATE OF GEORGE landlord and obligated ALDRICH KEMP, II, party.

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4 Man’s name that’s another man’s name backward 5 Snoopy’s nemesis 6 Restaurant review symbol 7 Rise, as temperatures 8 Very long time 9 Dull routine 10 Cute, cutesily 11 Dough or bread 12 Greek column style 13 Chess announcement 18 One of the Beatles 22 Mammal with a white rump 23 Batman’s sidekick 24 Prevent, as a crisis 25 Surrealist Joan 27 Vaping stick, for

short 28 Do some grapplin’ 29 Capricorn’s animal 30 Tiny superhero in the Marvel Universe 33 Dawn drops 34 Gold digger?

35 Paid to play 36 Prima donna problems 38 Jewish wedding dance 39 Japanese meeting place that serves refreshments 40 Broccoli ___ 44 “That feels so-o-o good!”

45 They’ll show you the world 46 Option when setting up a new

tech device 47 Coke, to Pepsi 48 Foul smells 49 Deviated temporarily from a straight course 50 LPs and 45s 54 What a 56-Across would tally for this puzzle?

57 Comedian Philips 58 French friend 59 Siesta 60 Capote’s nickname 61 First responder, for short 62 Grain in a Salinger title

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

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arise due to today’s Full Moon, which is taking place in the very part of your chart that deals with home and family. Oy vey.

The stars show the kind of Tonight: Confusion. day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; TAURUS 3-Average; (April 20-May 20) HHH Be patient with oth2-So-so; 1-Difficult ers today. Don’t take the bait.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Because of the Full Moon Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023: energy today, it’s easy to have You are a spontaneous, loving silly squabbles that are unnecperson who is a dependable essary. Tonight: Check your partner. You are courageous and finances. not afraid to push your ideas forward. You’re very energetic.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) MOON ALERT: Avoid shopping HHH Financial quarrels or disor important decisions before putes about the ownership of 10:30 a.m. EST today. After that, something (or something you the Moon moves into Cancer. own) might mar your enjoyment of this day. Tonight: Listen.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) CANCER HH Tread carefully today, (June 21-July 22) because tension with parents HH The Moon is your ruler, and and family members might today the second Full Moon

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in your sign this year is taking place. You will feel this! This is why you might have difficulties with partners and close friends.

Tonight: Check details.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH This is a tricky day because the Full Moon today is hiding in your chart. This is why you might feel restless. Fortunately, the Moon is also dancing beautifully with Jupiter at the top of your chart, which means you look mahvelous. Tonight: Disappointment?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Relations with friends and groups might be a bit testy today because of the Full Moon energy. Likewise, you might be short-tempered with your kids.

“Go along to get along” so that everyone can have a pleasant day. Tonight: Be clear.

TODAY IN HISTORY

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HH The Full Moon today takes place at the top of your chart, which will encourage friction with authority figures — parents, bosses, VIPs and the police. Be courteous. Be cooperative. YTonight: Daydreams.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HH The Full Moon is opposite your sign today, which will create tension with spouses, partners and dear friends. Don’t lose your cool. After all, these are the people you love. Tonight: Solitude.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Slow down, because this is an accident-prone day for you! Think before you speak or act. On the upside, potential travel plans sound thrilling.

Tonight: Finances.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Be patient with co-workers today. Take it easy and relax if you can, because today’s Full Moon not only can create tension with others, it might also aggravate your health. Tonight: Clarification.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Financial matters might come to a head today because of the Full Moon. (Disputes about a loan, who owns what, or who is responsible for what.)

Take the high road. Tonight: Wishful thinking.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Parents must be patient with their kids today. Likewise, romantic partners must be patient with each other. The Full Moon energy can stir up trouble. Tonight: Pay attention.

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Today is Tuesday, Dec. 26, the 360th day of 2023. There are five days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On Dec. 26, 2004, more than 230,000 people, mostly in southern Asia, were killed by a 100-foothigh tsunami triggered by a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean.

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Pet owners must consider costs of care Dear Annie: I wanted to make a comment on your recent response to the column, “My husband wants to limit how much we spend on sick pets.” Although I wholeheartedly agree with your response to consult with the writer’s partner prior to getting an animal, what goes into this consideration is so much more.

I am a veterinarian, and I frequently am involved in these decision-making conversations. It can be extremely frustrating, to downright heartbreaking, to see when pet owners have not put any forethought into the costs of owning a pet.

It starts with pet species and breed selection. A bigger dog equals larger doses of medication needed equals higher costs.

Purchasing a breed such as a French bulldog, although cute, has so many known genetic health issues. French bulldog owners should plan accordingly for the higher costs of frequent veterinary visits. A highenergy breed pet needs a home where they can have the appropriate amount of exercise.

Then comes another consideration — how much work is an owner willing to do once they adopt a pet?

In the time I have been in practice, I’ve observed a trend of more owners putting less energy into training and socializing their pets, resulting in very anxious and often aggressive situations.

One example I can readily think of is the routine pet maintenance of nail trimming.

And then there is the owner’s financial preparation: With the increasing cost of living, veterinary care is also increasing.

However, many owners don’t plan for any preventive care besides the occasional vaccine.

This should be a thoughtful and thorough conversation about how families will choose a pet that is appropriate for their lifestyle, budget and how much energy they can realistically commit to caring for their pet.

If the reality is that a family can’t fulfill the commitment of caring for a pet (and there is no shame in that acknowledgement), then there are numerous ways to still experience the joy of the human/animal bond.

One solution would be to volunteer with a local animal shelter, as they are quite often looking for volunteers to foster pets so that the animals can have experience in a “home environment” while they are receiving care in preparation to be adopted.

— DVM Dear DVM: Thank you for using your professional experience to help others decide how to make decisions about which pets to adopt and how to care for them.

You have a wealth of knowledge — and commonsense — that all animal lovers will appreciate.

Your patients are very lucky!

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

Subject: SLOGANS Name the

Forever.

Answer________

company, product or

5. When you care

organization identified

enough to send the

with the slogan. (e.g.,

very best.

“Just Do It. Answer:

Answer________

Nike.)

6. The Quicker Picker Upper.

FRESHMAN LEVEL

Answer________

1. Think Different.

Answer________ 2. Finger Lickin’ Good.

7. When it rains, it pours.

Answer________

Answer________

3. Snap, Crackle and

8. What’s in your

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PH.D. LEVEL

Answer________

wallet?

Answer________ 9. Betcha can’t eat

Rules GRADUATE LEVEL

•Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 6 without repeating.

•The numbers within the heavily outlines boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners.

•Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

4. A Diamond is

just one!

Answer________

ANSWERS: 1. Apple. 2. KFC. 3. Rice Krispies. 4. De Beers.

5. Hallmark Cards. 6. Bounty (paper towel). 7. Morton Salt. 8. Capital One. 9. Lay’s (potato chips).

SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you? (c) 2023 Ken Fisher

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