a long overdue entry

well let’s just jump right in. i’m loving the job, and am getting the opportunity and resources to make great storytelling photos…and occasionally work on longer-form stories. so the ball’s in my court. on that note, shortly after i started, i was assigned to photograph three families for a series writer Gary Stern was working on about the different approaches families take for caring for their elders/parents. here are a few photos from my time with the Siragusas. my goal, while working within a specific window of time, was to give a glimpse into the everyday routine of children taking care of their elderly parents.

Nancy Siragusa, 48, top, cares for her parents, Edmund Siragusa, 92, and Mae Siragusa, 85, with help from elder-caregiver Dorothy Rinda, far left. Nancy attends to her parents while Dorothy feeds Mae and Edmund naps in the elder's New City home July 7, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Nancy covers her mother with a blanket to be comfortable while watching television in Mae's room July 7, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Nancy Siragusa, 48, makes calls to try and procure a lightly-used wheelchair for her mother after setting her down to watch television July 7, 2010. Nancy cares for her father, Edmund Siragusa, 92, left, and mother, Mae Siragusa, 85, in their New City home. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Nancy shares a lighthearted conversation with her father July 7, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Nancy Siragusa, 48, pulls her mother, Mae, over a curb on their way to the Nanuet salon to get her hair done by Marie Limongelli on July 10, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Nancy Siragusa, 48, cares for her parents, Edmund Siragusa, 92, and Mae Siragusa, 85, in their New City home. Mae is photographed July 10, 2010, geting her hair done by Marie Limongelli at Hair Creations in Nanuet, while Nancy, right, watches. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

in related news, you can now see my work at LoHud.com, the website for The Journal News in White Plains, New York, which has two separate editions — one which cover Westchester County (the location of the main offices, and larger paper/coverage area —home to the cities of Yonkers, White Plains, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, Scarsdale, and a whole load of villages and towns), and Rockland County (across the Hudson, on a little triangle of NY that borders NJ). the coverage area for breaking and community news is so vast, and publications numerous, i do not always know what runs when, but i will post selected work here on a more frequent basis. ideally.

thanks for stopping by.

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.

my best of 2009 photo collection

this is culled down from a lot (well over 70 at one point — i need a photo editor!), and even though i left some out that may have had some good impact, also, i think these best represented the year’s work for me.

thanks for looking, and enjoy! and Happy New Year to everyone.

2009 photos, non-slideshow format

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 at the Shiprock, N.M, Community Cemetery on Oct. 16, 2009.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bean Crop Manager Roselyn Yazzie holds pinto beans fresh from the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry fields Sept. 11, 2009. Behind her is farm equipment to help harvest the crop.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Trista, 6, a child staying at the Christian organization Navajo Ministries in Farmington, N.M., plays under a skylight July 10, 2009, in a shared room in Jonathan and Christine Wood's house on the 17-acre site. The Wood's asked that the children only be referred to by first name to avoid identification.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Five-year-old Mandy With, left, and Ashlee Ryan, 3, rest after they rehearse their dance dressed as baby-chickens May 28, 2009, at Mann Dance Academy on East 20th Street.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; San Juan County volunteer firefighters from Kirtland close in with a hose on a propane "fire tree,” which is used during a training exercise April 2, 2009, at the District 2 fire station.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Helen Moore, with Navajo Agricultural Products Industry, sorts and grades potatoes Sept. 11, 2009, at the potato processing plant. She tosses potatoes into the bins in front of her, often sorting different types simultaneously in one drop.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Cheryl Cadrain hugs her son, 18-year-old Vista Nueva Alternative High School graduate Micah Szumlinski, after the class' graduation ceremony at the Aztec, N.M., Boys and Girls Club on May 16, 2009.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; The scene of a fatal motorcycle accident on East Main Street on June 17, 2009.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Charlene Tyler, aunt of missing woman Kayla Begaye, holds her 2-year-old grandson, Jharrin Tyler, as she waits for news on the identity of the female found dead April 16, 2009, on the Bluffs off Bisti Highway outside Farmington. Begaye, whose identity was confirmed later that day, had been missing since March.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Woody Benally, a participant at the May 7, 2009, National Day of Prayer observance in front of the Civic Center, raises his hands during a prayer.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; New Mexico State Police Officer Jeremy Yazzie walks past his patrol car Sept. 4, 2009, on U.S. 64 on the west end of Kirtland. He had pulled over with his police lights on to help a motorist in the right-hand lane of eastbound U.S. 64, according to N.M. State Police Officer Gary Chavez, when a semitrailer hit his car from the rear. No one was seriously injured, but the patrol car was totaled and traffic was slow in the eastbound lane entering Kirtland.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Cynthia Sosaya, the new principal at Mesa Verde Elementary, keeps an eye out for her students crossing College Boulevard, with the help of a crossing guard, for International Walk to School Day on Oct. 7, 2009.

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 Dec. 11, 2009.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington High School’s Nico Lewis beats Durango’s Dylan Schwantes to the ball for a header during the second half of play at FHS on Sept. 15, 2009. Farmington took the game, 2-0.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Tibbets Middle School eighth-grader Gheron Litke, 13, participates in a group dry-land exercise during the high school swim practice Dec. 2, 2009, at the Farmington Aquatic Center.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington High School sprinter Josh Newsome poses for a portrait March 9, 2009.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Amari Salazar, 3, who is dressed as a bee, and princess Lacie Kay, also 3, admire each other’s costumes outside the cake-walk room at the Bloomfield Police Department during the BPD and Police Athletic League’s annual Halloween carnival Oct. 29, 2009.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Ten-year-old Erin Mitchell, a fifth grader at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Farmington, N.M., points out a particularly large bubble to friends while classmate Joel Sutherland, 11, reaches out to pop it during the 11th Annual San Juan Basin Water Fair on May 18, 2009, at McGee Park. Fair director Shaun Bishop, with the San Juan Water Commission, said the goal of the event is to teach fifth graders water safety and conservation.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Natalie Howard, with Pine River Community Learning Center in Colorado's La Plata County, puts up a token protest as she allows herself to be buried in the corn pit at Sutherland Farm by home-schooled students she supervised on a field trip Oct. 2, 2009.

Xavier Mascareñas; In May of 1990, Orlando Coto-Andrades and his wife, Olga Chicota-Guida, seen here in a photo Jan. 27, 2009, arrived in the United States following a period of six years that Orlando spent as a political prisoner in Cuba. In addition to the six years, he said, Fidel Castro's Cuba also took their livelihood, a textile factory. Olga is often found in the sewing room of their home off Yale Boulevard in Albuquerque, N.M. "Olga was very good with the sewing machine, but now not so much. She's not so good," Orlando said referring to Olga's medical condition, Alzheimer's Disease.

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.

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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here’s some work from the last couple weeks at The Daily Times

…plus one photo shot last month at the end of the slideshow.

also, since this is the last day of 2008, i just wanted to wish everyone a very safe and fun New Year’s Eve holiday — whatever your festivities, or non-activity, may be.

please drive safe, or better yet, take a cab, bus or rickshaw. let amateur night begin!
all set?

61st Post!

i guess i missed commemorating post # 50…oh well.

here’s a story that ran this last Sunday in The Daily Times. it’s pretty straightforward. if i had to do it over, i’d definitely change a few things. other than that, it was nice to work on a story , and i wouldn’t mind doing more before i leave my short-term post at the DT.

the story is under the photo here, followed by some shots from the week (the football shots are extra file photos from the Aztec/Los Alamos state semifinal game, which ran this week).

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Amy Arnold, an 86-year-old homebound senior citizen, stands with the aid of a walker in her kitchen near food delivered by Bonnie Dallas Senior Center’s Meals on Wheels volunteer Don Davis on Dec. 3, 2008.

Program offers more than a meal

By Xavier Mascareñas The Daily Times

Posted: 12/07/2008 12:00:00 AM MST

Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series intended to promote volunteerism in our community. There are more than 100 programs in need of volunteers. For more information, see the Volunteer! link at daily-times.com.

FARMINGTON — Don Davis has a new old lady.

Amy Arnold, an 86-year-old homebound senior citizen who moves around her house with the aid of a walker, recently was added to his delivery route.

Davis, who is himself a senior citizen at age 67, is a volunteer driver for Bonnie Dallas Senior Center’s Meals on Wheels program.

“I only deliver one day, but I let them know that if they need me I can help, too. I’m usually around the senior center playing pool anyway,” he said. “When I first started they gave me a map, but I’ve been doing this long enough I got it down pat.”

It takes him about 35 minutes to deliver food to 10 homebound seniors, he said, and one of his last stops Wednesday was at Arnold’s home.

“It isn’t the easiest way in the world to get around, I’ll tell you that for sure,” Arnold said, as she steadily scooted toward her kitchen table. Waiting for her in separate hot and cold containers was a meal of warm roast pork and scalloped potatoes and cold carrot and raisin salad, with a tapioca pudding dessert with strawberries. The food was prepared at the Bonnie Dallas Senior Center.

Arnold is one of more than 90 senior citizens who has lunch delivered by volunteer drivers from the Meals on Wheels program, according to Vernita Byrum, the driving force behind the Meals on Wheels program.

As senior center coordinator, Byrum handles new volunteers for the program and manages new requests for meal deliveries. She has worked at the senior center for more than 20 years, and during that time her enthusiasm has not faded.

“We have 10 routes. So that means I need 10 volunteer drivers per day,” Byrum said, emphasizing her need of new drivers. “They usually drive once a week. They have the same day, the same route. It’s good to have at least one person for each route.”

Byrum said it usually takes volunteers less than an hour to do the job, “but once they learn the route, it’s like — here we go,” she said, adding emphasis with the clap of her hands.

Byrum said the mission of Meals on Wheels is to feed the elderly that are homebound. She said the meal they deliver is the only prepared meal some of them have all day. Yet, there are more benefits to the service they provide.

“A lot of people that are alone, it gives them at least one person they see in the day,” Byrum said. “Hopefully we can make them feel better just by seeing another person, if not just to eat. They know somebody’s coming.”

After delivering Arnold’s meal, Davis hopped back in his pickup. He said food can factor into whether or not elderly citizens can live on their own.

“They can’t always make it for themselves so good. Lots of them have kids in the area, but there’s a bunch of them that don’t,” he said. “A bunch of the children probably just don’t pay much them attention to them either.”

Want to help?

To volunteer, call Vernita Byrum at (505) 599-1380. She is looking for people available to deliver food at 11 a.m., Monday through Friday. Drivers with vehicles are in need, but volunteers without vehicles also can be of service to help with deliveries.

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Joe Price is one of three people being inducted into the New Mexico School Board Association Hall of Fame.

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Monument Valley’s Preston Luna tangles with Shiprock’s Julian Wahnee for the ball during the fourth quarter of Friday’s first round game of the Webb-Toyota 2008 Kirtland Central Boys Basin Tournament.

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Leslie Gonzalez, 6, from McCormick Elementary, carries three-and-a-half luminarias to the staging area in the parking lot at Henderson Fine Arts Center at San Juan College on Wednesday.

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Five-year-old Joseph Duncan of Apache Elementary heads back to get more luminarias after dropping some off at the collection in the parking lot at Henderson Fine Arts Center at San Juan College on Wednesday.

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Aztec running back Mike Hathcock takes the ball in for a touchdown during the Nov. 22, 2008, seminfinal win against Los Alamos at home.

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Aztec wide receiver Jermaine Geter is tackled in mid-air by Los Alamos’ Blaine Lattin after a reception during the Nov. 22, 2008, seminfinal win against Los Alamos at home.

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Employees and children on BP’s float greet the crowd downtown during this year’s BP America Farmington Chamber of Commerce Annual Christmas Parade is a rock ’n’ roll Christmas with Elvis. The parade shut down Main Street between Butler Avenue and Lake Street.

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Offensive lineman, from left, Sam Garrison, Dylan Ruiz, Zane Clampett, Matt Hegarty, Zach Frohn and Brennan Charlie after practice Tuesday.

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Jasmine Toledo, 6, plays with her glow-ropes while attending the 30th annual San Juan College luminaria display with her family. Earlier in the week, more than 1,300 local elementary school students went to the college to assemble the luminarias.

happy Dia de los Turkeys Muertos

here’s a few stragglers from the Daily Times. hope everybody got back home safe last night. i’ll be writing a couple stories for later in the month (Dec.), so check back soon.

here’s a portrait using Canon flashes. i had a nice highlight on the right side of his face originally, but the second flash didn’t fire for this. oh well, that’s about the reliability of the infrared transmitters/receivers in those things. it actually worked for most of the other shots, but, of course, it didn’t work for the shot where he had the best expression.

Bloomfield High School senior linebacker Elias Armenta is a big reason the Bobcats are preparing for a trip to the Class 3A semifinals.

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Selena, 10, plays with her adoptive brother, Jerry, 12, at Hartman Park in Aztec on Tuesday. Their mother, Patty, said they bonded quickly since they were roughly the same age, and both very hyper.

back in F-town (didn’t you hear, there’s only one?)-

-Farmington, N.M. if you don’t know, now you know.
actually, i’m not here as an intern this time around — i’m filling in for a photog who’s out for a few weeks. “i go where i am called.” that sounds noble, doesn’t it?
well, here’s some updates in photos…enjoy

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San Juan County Clerk Fran Hanhardt reacts after taking a whipped cream pie in the face during Thursday following the weigh-in of food raised for the Economic Council Helping Others Food Bank in Farmington by San Juan County employees. The events were at the San Juan County Administration Building.

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Los Alamos’ David Brock is not able to break up a touchdown pass received by Aztec’s Jake Espinoza during the third quarter of Saturday’s game. The Tigers beat the Hilltoppers 42-8 in Aztec, sending them back to the N.M. state 4A semifinals.

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Wade Archuleta of Los Alamos jumps on Aztec’s Derrick Williamson in a successful struggle to take him down in the first quarter of Los Alamos’ Saturday’s 42-8 loss to Aztec on the road.

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Aztec seniors Mike Hathcock, left, and Sam Garrison bump fists during the third quarter of their 42-8 win Saturday at home. The win keeps Aztec undefeated this year.

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Debbie Kutac adjusts the miniature Christmas village at Ku-tips Nursery on Schofield Lane on Wednesday.

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Qamar Carter, 6, inspects the ceiling of the new, $3.4 million Sycamore Park Community Center during Wednesday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony.

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a long overdue entry

a quick update since January. icy, icy January.

my best of 2009 photo collection

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

halloween hijinks at the aquatic center

memorial for Sgt. Troy Tom in Farmington

here’s some work from the last couple weeks at The Daily Times

61st Post!

Program offers more than a meal

happy Dia de los Turkeys Muertos

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