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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 .

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

a quick update since January. icy, icy January.

i’m loving the weather — finally heating up, or at least not being freezing@$$cold. now if i can just get my landlord to fix the water-heater!

photo-wise, it’s been pretty productive. i’m hoping to start on an upcoming project that would take me out of Farmington a bit more (that can’t hurt). so, if anyone is in the Shiprock area and wants to say hi, holler. for now, please enjoy the photos.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bryan Begaye feeds his 8-month-old son, Kyree, who cries for his bottle, while attending the eighth annual young parent conference with Kyree’s mother, Monyca Nelson, on Wednesday at San Juan College.

I liked the kicker on the next photo, it worked with the photo well, i thought. good job copy/designers. it read :

“Altrusitic Warfare”

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Sacred Heart Catholic School students and a teacher frantically stuff pennies in a glass jar Friday as a part of the “Penny Wars” fundraiser. Proceeds from the school-wide event, which were tallied at over $1,000 by the afternoon, will go toward helping Cornelio Ramirez with the expenses related to a kidney transplant.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Kirtland residents Josh Snyder, 24, and Ginny Gustin, 27, plow through a muddy puddle in a Polaris RZR all-terrain vehicle at the Dunes Vehicle Recreation Area on Sunday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bryant Padilla, 16, holds his adoptive sister, 3-year-old Kylie, while she attempts to tickle him outside Judge Sandra Price’s courtroom Monday after the adoption.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Amanda Padilla hugs her newly-adopted daughter, 3-year-old Kylie, closely while spectators and family members celebrate in the moments following the adoption Monday in District Court Judge Sandra Price’s courtroom. Kylie and her sister, 18-month-old Emily, both Navajo, were adopted into the Padilla’s nine-child family.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Harold Lampton, 89 years old, looks at a 1900 U.S. Census book Friday detailing New Mexico’s population at the turn of the last century. The book once belonged to his father, who referred to it before moving to New Mexico.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Harold Lampton, who was born in 1920 in the hospital which would later be named San Juan Regional Medical Center, is seen in a reflection looking at a family photograph hanging in a hallway in his Farmington home Friday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; A paramedic, far left, attempts to move an injured man from his vehicle, which hit a power pole, onto a stretcher while a Farmington firefighter keeps an eye on the power lines above the scene of a two-car accident Sunday that caused power outages downtown. The wreck at the intersection of Lake Street and Broadway occurred when the man drove through a red light and was hit by a man driving with his children, who were not seriously injured, according to Farmington Police Cpl. Donnie Kee. The man driving alone, not identified by police at the time of the accident, was conscious when he was taken to San Juan Regional Medical Center with injury to his head.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Craig Lozier holds tight to his 3-year-old grandson, Landon Lozier, while Landon's father, Luke, gives them a shove down a hill Thursday at Civitan Park in Farmington, N.M.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Piedra Vista High School guard Cheree Charley hugs teammate Ali Rhodes on Saturday while holding the third place trophy after the Panthers beat Aztec High School in overtime during the Lady Tiger Invitational at AHS.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Nathaniel Brown, an instructional assistant at Esperanza Elementary with the National Indian Youth Council Inc., gets work done Thursday on his laptop at the Farmington Public Library in Farmington, N.M. Area schools were canceled Thursday due to the weather.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bloomfield High School student Shantell Pinto, 16, enjoys a chilling moment during her lunch break Tuesday under a wall of water, created by melted snow from the previous night's precipitation, draining from the roof of the high school's main building. The snow finally gained ground Thursday, after a week of smaller flurries.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Clear blue skies during much of the day can be seen past a wall of water, created by melted snow from the previous night's precipitation, draining from the roof of the main building at Bloomfield High School on Tuesday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Mariah Jaramillo, 9, and her Grace Baptist Academy classmate, Jerilyn Lange, 11, center, check out part of the robotics interactive exhibit Thursday at E3 Children’s Museum and Science Center, while education specialist Kelly Hile, assists them.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Guy Shephard, executive director at The Well, looks Monday at the damage done to the window he believes vandals broke and entered through overnight Sunday.

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

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!

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 Mascareas/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 Mascareñas/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.

Xavier Mascareas/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.

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 Mascareñas/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 Mascareñas/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 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; 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; 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; 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 Mascareas/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 Mascareñas/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.

avier Mascareas/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 Mascareñas/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.

Xavier Mascareas/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 Mascareñas/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 Mascareas/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 Mascareñas/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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November photos, a few more news assignments/happenings than normal…nice

i really like to contribute photos for news assignments that supplement or compliment the reporter’s coverage. it’s satisfying to find a visual solution to a tricky story, or to make photos that have more purpose than just relaying the information of what’s immediately in the frame. working the day to day and “feeding the beast,” it’s easy to become comfortable in editing for the safe/expected shot (and at many publications, that may be the only way to do it), but i think doing so at the expense of further developing your eye (what you personally bring to the table as a storyteller) and challenging yourself can keep you from growing as a visual journalist, which would be a mistake.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Carolyn Evans, with the Isaiah 42:16 Ministries jail and prison ministry, enters the church at 1300 North Dustin Avenue for the ribbon cutting Nov. 5 for Pastor Toby Chavez's Straight Up Outreach and Prison Ministry Inc. transitional housing facility.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Pastor Toby Chavez, of Straight Up Outreach and Prison Ministry Inc., shares his personal story of prison, recovery and finding faith to attendees of the Nov. 5 ribbon-cutting event for Chavez's new transitional housing project at North Dustin Avenue and East Tycksen Drive.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Shiprock High School cadet Pvt. Christina Garrow, 14, laughs while she shares a relaxed moment with her older sister, cadet Sgt. Savannah Garrow, 18, after performing during Bloomfield High School's JROTC invitational Saturday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Local JROTC students compete in the "drill down" segment of Saturday's JROTC competition in Bloomfield. All students were invited to the floor to compete in following verbal commands, and were eliminated, one-by-one, until there was a winner.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Cadet private Zack Hicks, 15, a member of Piedra Vista’s Army JROTC color guard team, awaits his turn to be tested Saturday in the color guard event at Bloomfield High School’s JROTC competition. Local Marine recruiters Sgt. Nate Bitsui and Cpl. Dustin Francisco graded the event.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Volunteer firefighter Buck Hamilton, left, catches his breath while fellow firefighter Drew Placencio re-hydrates after being some of the first on the scene at a structure fire at 3439 U.S. 64 on Friday afternoon. The home, a double-wide trailer with additions in Waterflow, will probably be a total loss, San Juan County Fire Department District 1 Fire Captain Donovan Mack said.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Larry Gibson hands a balloon to Bruce Salisbury, an Air Force war veteran, on behalf of the Blue Star Mothers on Saturday. The balloons were given to attendees to release en masse at the end of “God Bless America,” sung by Lindsay Clark.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Rock Point's Ty White, 18, has a hard time freeing his hand after a ride on bull Top Rail on Sunday during the College-High School Challenge Rodeo at McGee Park. His brief but rough ride failed to qualify.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Reinforced concrete pipes, also called storm pipes, drain into the Animas River on Monday near East Piñon Street. The city is seeking public input in trying to decide whether it should update the existing drainage infrastructure. Farmington will hold a public meeting on water drainage concerns 6 p.m. Thursday at the Farmington Civic Center.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Line workers David Elder and Chris Woods, with Farmington Electric Utility System, help navigate a replacement power pole through a tangle of utility lines Sunday following an accident involving one vehicle at the corner of 20th Street and Hutton Avenue.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Chris Woods, a line worker with Farmington Electric Utility System, helps steady a new power pole prior to replacing the broken one at the corner of 20th Street and Hutton Avenue on Sunday. James Ellsaesser, line foreman for Farmington Electric, said a half-ton Chevy pickup truck hit the power pole at around 11:30 a.m., causing a small power outage for a few hours. Police dispatch stated no one was injured in the one-vehicle accident.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Andrea Garcia assists one of her Farmington Special Preschool students, Dylan Poyer, 5, with making an “Inny the Inchworm” after helping Kayde McGraw, 4, with her inchworm near the end of the school day Thursday. Farmington Municipal Schools board members discussed additions to the school at Thursday night’s meeting.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Claudia Giron, of Española, sorts her rag rugs and rugs made from men's ties while Duka Subedi, who also creates rag rugs, stands behind her during the last day of the Rag Rug Festival and Design Collective at the Farmington Museum on Sunday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington's Nicole Hampton fights for a ball against Moriarty's Nikki Eaton, fouling her in the process, during the first round of the state tournament at Hutchison Stadium on Saturday. FHS lost the hard-fought game, 1-0.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; The boys cross country district 1-4A race starts Saturday at the meet at Riverview Golf Course.

with Veterans Day coming up, i wanted to post a few of the photos from-

with Veterans Day coming up, i wanted to upload a few photo i had not yet posted from Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth W. Westbrook’s memorial on Oct. 16.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Ria Pollentas, left, expresses concern while classmate Emerson Morrow salutes the passing procession of cars headed for the Shiprock Community Cemetery on Friday for the burial of Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth W. Westbrook. Both 4-year-old Sacred Heart Catholic School students were part of the crowd lining West Arrington Street to pay tribute to the fallen soldier after his memorial at the Farmington Civic Center.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; The New Mexico Army National Guard honor guard fold the American flag on Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth W. Westbrook's casket to give to his wife, Charlene, prior to his burial at the veterans section of the Shiprock Community Cemetery on Friday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; The New Mexico Army National Guard honor guard adjusts the American flag on Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth W. Westbrook's casket as he is prepared for burial at the veterans section of the Shiprock Community Cemetery on Friday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Charlene Westbrook, wife of Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth W. Westbrook, kisses the flag that was covering his casket, handed to her by Brig. Gen. Perry Wiggins out of Fort Sam Houston, Texas, prior to burial at the veterans section of the Shiprock Community Cemetery on Friday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth W. Westbrook's son, Joshua Westbrook, left, get support from his cousin, Danielle Case, while his father is being buried at the Shiprock Community Cemetery on Friday.

halloween hijinks at the aquatic center

this was a really fun shoot. it would have been nice to spend a little more time there, but i had to run off to football. as it was , i was pretty happy with what i got. the kids were having a lot of fun, and it was contagious.

enjoy

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Children attending the Farmington Aquatic CenterÕs Annual Frighty Night search for prizes in jack-oÕ-lanterns Friday in the pumpkin patch tent. The event is part of the City of Farmington Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs departmentÕs Safe, Affordable, Family Events, which started Oct. 24 and ends on Halloween with events downtown, at the Farmington Civic Center and at the Sycamore Park Community Center.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Children attending the Farmington Aquatic Center's Annual Frighty Night search for prizes in jack-o'-lanterns Friday in the pumpkin patch tent. The event is part of the City of Farmington Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs department's Safe, Affordable, Family Events, which started Oct. 24 and ends on Halloween with events downtown, at the Farmington Civic Center and at the Sycamore Park Community Center.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington Aquatic Center lifeguard Mark Fischer, 23, who plays a "dead juggler" in the center's haunted house, shares a round of juggling with 6-year-old Isabela Rudolfo at Friday's Annual Frighty Night Halloween event. The event is part of the City of Farmington Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs department's Safe, Affordable, Family Events, which started Oct. 24 and ends on Halloween with events downtown, at the Farmington Civic Center and at the Sycamore Park Community Center.

i laughed immediately when i saw this on assignment, and really hoped it translated to a photo well-

you be the judge!

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Bernadette Smith, wearing half of the costume for Patrick Star of SpongeBob SquarePants fame, takes a break from mingling with adoring children to grab a quick bite in the kitchen at the Bloomfield Police Department during the annual Halloween carnival Friday.

a wonderful family today, struck by tragedy more than once; photo in San Antonio Express-News

today was tough. covering memorials and funerals for the media is instinctively unappealing for many of us, despite occasional public opinion claiming the opposite.

the thing is this, though: if we are assigned such an assignment, the premise is that it is newsworthy. whether that is because of events surrounding the death or funeral, the prominence of the person or what they stand for/symbolize, it is important. just because something is unpleasant, it does not mean it isn’t the right thing to do. *note: i feel this topic is very important, and wrote on and on and on and… but just came back and deleted it. i actually got lost in what i was saying.*

on to the photo. here is one that stood out as being a not-so-ordinary burial photo. very indicative of the region, actually.

and here’s two links to stories on him – one with my photo in the San Antonio Express-News! they have a super-talented photo staff, and play photos well, and look forward to getting my copy of today’s edition in the mail. thanks Anita!

SA Express-News

The Daily Times — our reporter, Steve Lynn, with a great story

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Maj. Xavier Miller of the New Mexico National Guard, second from right, leads family members and workers in burying Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth W. Westbrook in the veterans section Shiprock Community Cemetery on Friday.

…and then there’s days like today, when i am bombarded with beautiful things

(UPDATE to below: actually, i thought it’d be interesting to post this photo from yesterday (of a power plant) under the Shiprock photo. compare/contrast? full essays due Friday by noon ; )

i don’t photograph landscape much these days, which is kind of a shame, because that, snapshots of friends and oddities in high school, and the peacefulness of making prints in a darkroom are what really hooked me on photography at an early age.

i wouldn’t normally associate the Shiprock peak with foliage of any kind, but the San Juan River is right a little ways away (my dad the English teacher will kill me for that), and lends to some nice photos. i hope it prints well

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; A view Wednesday of the Shiprock peak, from a few miles outside Shiprock on U.S. 64, reflects the changing of seasons in the color of leaves on trees along the San Juan River.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Time; Ducks, cranes and other birds fly and swim in Morgan Lake in the foreground of the APS power plant Tuesday.

memorial for Sgt. Troy Tom in Farmington

a memorial for a fallen soldier, returned from the Middle East. quite an show of support from the community in general…it was heartbreaking to hear his cousinstalk about growing up with him (the second photo).

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Cousins of Army Sgt. Troy Orion Tom's Teale Orme, left, and Kabbah Orme, both of Park City, Utah, recall memories and recite a poem Wednesday at his memorial at the Farmington Civic Center.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Beclabito-area musician Maverick Lee performs a song during a slideshow of childhood photos of Army Sgt. Troy Orion Tom on Wednesday at the Farmington Civic Center during a memorial in Sgt. Tom's honor.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Army Sgt. Troy Orion Tom's cousin, Queena Lee, hugs Maureen L. Benally with the Navy, right, on Wednesday after a memorial in his honor at the Farmington Civic Center.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Army Sgt. Troy Orion Tom's grandmother, Nellie Benally, finds support from family and friends Wednesday outside the Farmington Civic Center after his memorial service.

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Xavier Mascareas/The Daily Times; Army Sgt. Troy Orion Tom's mother accepts the flag that was covering his casket from Brig. Gen. Kurt Story on Wednesday at the burial at Farmington's Greenlawn Cemetery following his memorial at the Farmington Civic Center.

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

a quick update since January. icy, icy January.

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

November photos, a few more news assignments/happenings than normal…nice

with Veterans Day coming up, i wanted to post a few of the photos from-

halloween hijinks at the aquatic center

i laughed immediately when i saw this on assignment, and really hoped it translated to a photo well-

a wonderful family today, struck by tragedy more than once; photo in San Antonio Express-News

…and then there’s days like today, when i am bombarded with beautiful things

memorial for Sgt. Troy Tom in Farmington

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