sports and politics (and a dog, for good measure)

 Posted by on March 8, 2010 at 4:20 am
Mar 082010
 

it’s been quite a week here in Farmington. spring is upon us. i’m posting a few photos from last week before my Monday begins. oh, Happy Birthday Sofia! (as if my sister reads my blog ;) .

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Piedra Vista's long-jump team was beat out by competitors from Cortez High School and Farmington during Saturday's Early Bird Track Meet at FHS.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Ty Murphy, the second runner for Piedra Vista's 4x200 boys' relay race, center, hands the baton off to Marcus Fodor while competing Saturday during the FHS Early Bird Track Meet.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington High School leadoff runner for the girls’ 4x200 relay, Mattie Pacheco, looks up to the sky during a quiet moment before her race Saturday at the FHS Early Bird Track Meet.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington Mayor Tommy Roberts hugs his wife, Cindy Roberts, as the crowd thins after his victory announcement at an election day party at Best Western Tuesday night.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Donna Bingham checks a list to see if she is at the correct polling station Tuesday at City Hall. She was not on the list to vote at the City Hall polls, so left immediately to find her appropriate location.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Members of the Bloomfield softball team go through hitting drills during the Lady Bobcats’ practice Tuesday in Bloomfield.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bronco guard Channing Jim, right, struggles to keep possession away from St. Pius’ Nick Myers, who reaches in his face, long enough to pass to Bronco teammate Damian Charley during Saturday’s loss for KCHS at home.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Kirtland Central assistant coach Tom Adair, center, shows frustration as the team huddles during a timeout in the first half of Saturday’s state playoff game against St. Pius X at Bronco Arena.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Herald and Debbie Sherlock’s “chug” Sassie, a Chihuahua and pug mix, peers at strangers from a safe stronghold behind Herald’s legs Sunday while taking a break from running free at Westland Dog Park.

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here’s a few photos from the last week

 Posted by on March 1, 2010 at 2:56 am
Mar 012010
 

i had a great time shooting Shiprock HS against Kirtland Central HS on Saturday…two district championships! i was pretty excited about it because i haven’t shot much basketball this season, and i was not let down. those Shiprock and Kirtland fans are passionate about their teams, and although the both games were pretty scrappy, there was a sense of great sportsmanship throughout. and the boy’s game at Chieftain Pit in Shiprock was PACKED. i didn’t get out of the parking lot for about an hour after the game was done — i’m really glad i took my laptop to send photos. enjoy

-also, check out the galleries on The Daily Times’ Website for more photos:

http://daily-times.mycapture.com/mycapture/category.asp

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photos from the boy’s game in Shiprock

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Shiprock High School super-fan Malan Jones, 19, races around the court to spark the crowd's excitement during the second half of Saturday's district championship game between the Shiprock Chieftains and the Kirtland Central Broncos. KCHS beat SHS 63-56 at the Chieftain Pit.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Shiprock’s Colby Nahkai tries to brings in an offensive rebound Saturday night against Kirtland Central’s Damian Charley at The Chieftain Pit.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Fans sitting on the Shiprock High School fan side cheer and reflect on the first half of play Saturday while the teams head into the locker rooms halftime.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Kirtland Central’s Damian Charley, left, snags a defensive rebound during the second quarter Saturday at The Chieftain Pit.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Shiprock’s Jeff Tsosie walks off the court as the Kirtland Central boys basketball team celebrates at the end of the Broncos’ 63-56 win Saturday night at The Chieftain Pit.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; James Gilbert assists John Kendall on Monday with cleanup of the accident site in Kendall's bedroom in Aztec.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Butch Ozbun shows off a half-stock fowler in his collection Feb. 22 in his workshop.

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photos from the funeral for Lance Cpl. Alejandro J. Yazzie.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Lt. Col. Mike Callanan, with the Marines out of Camp Pendleton, Calif., holds his white barracks cover, or dress uniform hat, at his side while he watches a slideshow of pictures of Marine Lance Cpl. Alejandro J. Yazzie set to music during the memorial service for Yazzie on Friday at the Farmington Civic Center. According to the Department of Defense, Yazzie died Feb. 16 while supporting combat operations in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Calvert Owen, left, hugs Geraldine Jones on Friday while Owen waits outside the Farmington Civic Center to participate in the flag line during the funeral for Marine Lance Cpl. Alejandro J. Yazzie, 23, of Rock Point, Ariz. Owen, also of Rock Point, is Lance Cpl. Yazzie’s cousin. According to the Department of Defense, Yazzie died Feb. 16 while supporting combat operations in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Lamar Roberts, a student at San Juan College, sits on the the dock by the pond at Riverside Park on Friday, fishing. Roberts went fishing a group of friends from Aztec, who were all out enjoying the seasonably warmer weather.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Jaylen Jeffries, 3, shakes a noisemaker while parading through the halls with his mother, Jalea Steen, at San Juan College’s Child and Family Development Center on Thursday for the center’s 20th anniversary.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Children at the Child and Family Development Center at San Juan College, like the babies pictured here riding a red wagon, parade though the halls of the center Thursday for the center’s 20th anniversary.

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this little guy was having fun time, spinning around in his ‘super-hero’ cape.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Todd Robinson, 2, spins around in circles while wearing a cape after a parade Thursday in his Toddler Two class. The class, along with the rest of the classes at San Juan College’s Child and Family Development Center, participated in the celebration of the center’s 20th anniversary by marching through the classroom halls.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Kirtland Central High School forward Amanda Kerr goes up for two points against Shiprock High School during the district championship game at KCHS. Kirtland took the first place title, with a 46-27 win over Shiprock.

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…and the Kirtland Central girls took the district title

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Kirtland Central’s girls basketball team celebrates and hold its District 1-4A championship trophy while the home crowd cheers Saturday after the Lady Broncos’ 46-27 win over Shiprock at Bronco Arena.

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work from Saturday —

 Posted by on February 15, 2010 at 3:36 am
Feb 152010
 

Saturday was the definition of community photojournalism. assignments taking me from a local theater audition, to an assisted living facility then two high school gyms. i haven’t had a chance to shoot much sports lately, but i really enjoyed it.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Harvey and Virginia Henry, voted King and Queen of The Bridge Assisted Living Center, hold Valentine’s Day treats as they sit next to each other and tell their story to an attentive room full of other residents and staff at a mid-afternoon party Saturday.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Virginia Henry, 85, dabs a tear of joy Saturday during a party in her and her husband's honor at The Bridge Assisted Living Center.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Stephanie Storhaug, center, performs stretches led by Mark Fischer during a callback audition for Sandstone Productions on Saturday at San Juan College’s Black Box Theatre. City officials considered cutting funding for Sandstone Productions last week to help with Farmington's budget shortfall.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Marla Sitton, of Cortez, Colo., talks on the phone while waiting to audition for Sandstone Productions Saturday at San Juan College. Sitton's daughter, 16-year-old Kylee Sitton, center, braids 15-year-old Ellen Koppenhafer's hair. Geoff Johnson, of Durango, Colo., stands behind them as he also waits to audition.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Aztec High School's Hank Strauss, top, wrestles Leon Jackson of Kirtland Central for the chance to wrestle for third place in the 189-pound weight class on Saturday at PV's invitational.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Nataanii Hathalie of Kirtland Central High School, top, scores on Piedra Vista's Dillon Strunk on Saturday at PV's invitational.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Piedra Vista center Madison Hunt goes up for two points against a barrage of Aztec hands during Saturday night’s game at AHS. PV won 46-30.

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on a side note, i need to send my work 16-35mm 2.8 in to Canon for repair. the glass has been slowly slipping inside (or something like that) for awhile now, and images shot with that lens have been getting softer and softer for whatever is not in the dead-center. i shot with my personal 16-35 today to verify, and it’s a whole different world (the photos taken today are for a story later this week). it’s turning into a really expensive “LensBaby” lens! example below: -the guy on far left should not be that blurry-

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Eighty-three-year-old resident Don Miller photographs the lucky couple, Harvey and Virginia Henry, crowned King and Queen of The Bridge Assisted Living Center on Saturday.

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here’s some recent photos from December, so far.

 Posted by on December 17, 2009 at 3:30 am
Dec 172009
 

hi folks, and season’s greetings. i got halfway through posting these photos, and realized i skipped a few from the end of November, so i’ll go back and update those when i post next…which will probably be when i’m in Ft Myers, Fla., right around Christmas! i can’t wait to get away from this CHILLY weather for a bit (visiting Dennis’ mom in Ft. Myers — any good seafood restaurant recommendations?). yay for vacay!

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Jay Fann, small business owner of Mancos Doors LLC, works on a wall hanging he called "Madonna and Child" in his discounted commercial space offered by the business incubator at San Juan College's Quality Center for Business on Friday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Jay Fann, small business owner of Mancos Doors LLC, works on a wall hanging he called "Madonna and Child" in his discounted commercial space offered by the business incubator at San Juan College's Quality Center for Business on Friday.

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Xavier Mascare–as/The Daily Times; Nina Bennally, education coordinator at Navajo Ministries, helps Danielle, 8, get dressed Dec. 12, in what she will be wearing for the upcoming Navajo Live Nativity at Navajo Ministries.

Xavier Mascareñ–as/The Daily Times; Nina Bennally, education coordinator at Navajo Ministries, helps Danielle, 8, get dressed Dec. 12 in the traditional clothing she will be wearing for the upcoming Navajo Live Nativity at Navajo Ministries.

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Xavier Mascare–as/The Daily Times; Seven-year-old Ezra Holmes and his mother, Abby Holmes, heat up in front of the fire outside Berg Park's Little Pavilion, lined with luminarias, where the First Baptist Church Choir performs Friday night.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Seven-year-old Ezra Holmes and his mother, Abby Holmes, heat up in front of the fire outside Berg Park’s Little Pavilion, lined with luminarias, where the First Baptist Church Choir performs Friday night.

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this was a bit difficult to get get a photo at. PNM’s security were informing me that they own the County Road connecting the power plant to U.S. 64., a half mile stretch of road … um hmm.

Xavier Mascareñ–as/The Daily Times; San Juan County Sheriff's Office patrol cars rush toward the PNM San Juan Generating Station on Monday in response to power plant operators identifying an overheated piece of equipment which had the potential to be a fire hazard, according to PNM officials.
Xavier Mascareñ–as/The Daily Times; San Juan County Sheriff’s Office patrol cars rush toward the PNM San Juan Generating Station on Monday in response to power plant operators identifying an overheated piece of equipment which had the potential to be a fire hazard, according to PNM officials.

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Xavier Mascareñ–as/The Daily Times; Vicki Miller, an aide at Mosaic Academy Charter School in Aztec, greets grandmother and Mosaic volunteer Kim DeSpain in front of the school after returning from a lunchtime walk under the cover of a standout umbrella Monday.
Xavier Mascareñ–as/The Daily Times; Vicki Miller, an aide at Mosaic Academy Charter School in Aztec, greets grandmother and Mosaic volunteer Kim DeSpain in front of the school after returning from a lunchtime walk under the cover of a standout umbrella Monday.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Joseph Archuleta, an employee at the Roadrunner Car Wash, shovels snow out of the driveway and car ports at the Aztec establishment Monday during continued snowfall.
Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Joseph Archuleta, an employee at the Roadrunner Car Wash, shovels snow out of the driveway and car ports at the Aztec establishment Monday during continued snowfall.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Shiprock artist Christine Lewis sits at a table with her horsehair pottery on display during the first day of the Christmas Bazaar at the Shiprock Chapter House on Thursday. The event is scheduled to run at the Shiprock Chapter House through Dec. 12, the 14, and Dec. 16-24.
Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Shiprock artist Christine Lewis sits at a table with her horsehair pottery on display during the first day of the Christmas Bazaar at the Shiprock Chapter House on Thursday. The event is scheduled to run at the Shiprock Chapter House through Dec. 12, the 14, and Dec. 16-24.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; McCormick Elementary fifth-grader Jose Dominguez, 11, tosses the end of a constrtuction-paper chain onto the Christmas tree at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites on Friday. Erin Acosta, director of sales for the hotel on Bloomfield Boulevard, said they donated $300 to McCormick Elementary's fifth-grade art program, and in return students made ornaments and helped decorate the tree.
Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; McCormick Elementary fifth-grader Jose Dominguez, 11, tosses the end of a constrtuction-paper chain onto the Christmas tree at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites on Friday. Erin Acosta, director of sales for the hotel on Bloomfield Boulevard, said they donated $300 to McCormick Elementary’s fifth-grade art program, and in return students made ornaments and helped decorate the tree.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Ten-year-old Ingrid Lopez, a fifth grader at McCormick Elementary, takes a trip around the large Christmas tree Friday, pausing occasionally to admire the decorations.
Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Ten-year-old Ingrid Lopez, a fifth grader at McCormick Elementary, takes a trip around the large Christmas tree Friday, pausing occasionally to admire the decorations.

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Xavier Mascare–as/The Daily Times; Bryant Hart, who celebrated his sixth birthday Tuesday in Carolyn Velasquez's Ladera Elementary School kindergarten class, helps make luminarias Tuesday at San Juan College. Farmington-area elementary school students are helping to make nearly 20,000 luminarias Tuesday and Wednesday, according to San Juan College's Linda Baker, and people can tour the finished display Saturday beginning at 6 p.m.

Xavier Mascareñ–as/The Daily Times; Bryant Hart, who celebrated his sixth birthday Tuesday in Carolyn Velasquez's Ladera Elementary School kindergarten class, helps make luminarias Tuesday at San Juan College. Farmington-area elementary school students are helping to make nearly 20,000 luminarias Tuesday and Wednesday, according to San Juan College's Linda Baker, and people can tour the finished display Saturday beginning at 6 p.m.

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avier Mascare–as/The Daily Times; Nine-year-old Lance Eldridge, of Newcomb, turns around to wait for his family after eagerly leaving Kmart on Saturday with a new remote-controlled car after the annual 'Shop with the Posse' event.

Xavier Mascareñ–as/The Daily Times; Nine-year-old Lance Eldridge, of Newcomb, turns around to wait in lightly falling snow for his family after eagerly leaving Kmart on Saturday with a new remote-controlled car after the annual 'Shop with the Posse' event.

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Xavier Mascare–as/The Daily Times; Farmington twins Eve and Jose Mitchell, 4, talk to Santa Claus in Kmart on Saturday after they made the rounds during 'Shop with the Posse.'

Xavier Mascareñ–as/The Daily Times; Farmington twins Eve and Jose Mitchell, 4, talk to Santa Claus in Kmart on Saturday after they made the rounds during 'Shop with the Posse.'

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Kirtland Central and Bloomfield players, from left, Whittany Boyd, Sabastian Russell, Damien Charley and Luis Villanueva, reach to bring in a loose rebound after a missed Bobcat shot during the second half of Tuesday night's game in Kirtland.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Kirtland Central and Bloomfield players, from left, Whittany Boyd, Sabastian Russell, Damien Charley and Luis Villanueva, reach to bring in a loose rebound after a missed Bobcat shot during the second half of Tuesday night's game in Kirtland.

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Xavier Mascare–as/The Daily Times; Bloomfield High wrestler Mikey Loy, competing in the 135-pound weight class, shows his disappointment with losing the championship match to Ignacio High's Casey Haga Saturday in Bloomfield.

Xavier Mascareñ–as/The Daily Times; Bloomfield High wrestler Mikey Loy, competing in the 135-pound weight class, shows his disappointment with losing the championship match to Ignacio High's Casey Haga Saturday in Bloomfield.

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