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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.

CAUTION!!!

this post seems extremely long, but it’s all photos. I guess that’s not really caution-worthy — false alarm.

here’s some work from the first week, and today. i love it. people actually go to the website here (www.statesman.com), and often. so far so good, except for my car breaking! not so bad, it’s probably the CV joint (i hear), and it’s a cheap (relatively) fix.

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finally! i’m feeling like things are starting to click a little more starting today.

i think i’m starting to warm up a bit more to stills again. i’d like to think i work hard at what i do and, as with anything, if you haven’t done something for awhile, it can be rough going when you start up again. BUT WAIT! let not talk too soon.

6/3/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Adam Stern of Vintage Material Supply ties pecan tree logs to his trailer at the construction site on Barton Springs Road to take to their mill Tuesday.

6/3/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Blackshear Elementary School had their end of the year celebration Tuesday. They recently had a large canopy installed on their grounds, making the celebration more comfortable than previous years according to Amy Hagen, director of elementary schools for Communities in Schools. From right, Louisa Trevino (Perez’s mother), Louisa Perez (3) and Irene Hernandez (8, Perez’s cousin) hold hands while playing a game called they called the hula hoop drop.

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6/2/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Vietnam War veteran Bobby Briscoe, center laughs with fellow veterans APD officer M. Drabek and Fred Castaneda at the Vietnam War veterans memorial at Interstate 35 and East Cesar Chavez Street on Monday.

6/2/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Vietnam War veteran Tony Martinez, right, stands with Fred Castaneda at the Vietnam War veterans memorial at Interstate 35 and East Cesar Chavez Street on Monday.

6/2/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; William Broadhurst, who just turned 103 years old, laughs with Beckett Meadows senior home Volunteer MaryAnn Maziasz at his birthday celebration Monday.

5/30/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Dripping Springs Lady Tigers’ senior Paige Sandahl strikes out to end the game against Nederland, while during the 4a semifinal game Friday at UT. Nederland won 1-0. Nederland catcher Lindsey Rossi runs to join her teammates in celebrating the win.

5/30/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Nederland Bulldog pitcher Caitlin Austin, left, and catcher Lindsey Rossi celebrate their win after the 4a semifinal game Friday at UT. Nederland won 1-0.

5/30/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Dripping Springs senior Brittany Connors, left, hugs the Lady Tigers’ assistant coach Sherilyn Beard after they lost to the Nederland Bulldogs 1-0 during the class 4A UIL semifinals Friday at UT.

5/30/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Linda, a former coach at Niderland, and Henry Pinner of talk about the heat during a lull in action at the 4a semifinal game Friday between Dripping Springs and Nederland at UT. Nederland won 1-0.

5/31/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Nederland senior Katelyn Worsham, left, reacts after she is slid into by Aledo senior Cristina Kelley during Saturday’s Class 4A championship at UT’s McCombs Field.

5/31/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Aledo Lyndi Samuelson, left, tries to steal second during the top of the 10th inning Saturday’s Class 4A championship at UT’s McCombs Field. Nederland junior Ashleigh Kuhn, right, missed the tag, but a moment later got the out as Samuelson slid past second base. Umpire Mickey Espinoiza makes the call.

5/31/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Aledo Lyndi Samuelson tries to steal second during the top of the 10th inning Saturday’s Class 4A championship at UT’s McCombs Field. Nederland junior Ashleigh Kuhn, left, missed the tag, but a moment later got the out as Samuelson slid past second base.

5/31/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Huntington senior Mallory Brandenburg, left, slides into home and takes out Texarkana Liberty senior Heather Reynolds to score the game’s only run. The Huntington Devilettes beat the Texarkana Liberty-Eylau Leopards 1-0 for the Class 3A championship Saturday at UT’s McCombs Field.

5/31/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Huntington head coach Ruth Wright, upper left, celebrates winning the Class 3A championships withher team on Saturday. The Huntington Devilettes beat the Texarkana Liberty-Eylau Leopards 1-0 at UT’s McCombs Field.

5/31/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Huntington head coach Ruth Wright celebrates winning the Class 3A championships with game MVP sophomore Carlie Thomas on Saturday. The Huntington Devilettes beat the Texarkana Liberty-Eylau Leopards 1-0 at UT’s McCombs Field.

5/31/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Texarkana Liberty-Eylau Leopards senior Hailey White talks on the phone after leaving the field at the end of the Class 3A championship on Saturday. The Huntington Devilettes beat the Texarkana Liberty-Eylau Leopards 1-0 at UT’s McCombs Field.

here is the first spot event i covered. thanks to Jay Janner for giving me something to do during a lull in the day.

i arrived toward the end of the TV station’s coverage, and found it to be difficult to find a frame that would capture the event. i ended up liking the following photo best, and that ran online as a ‘Photos of the Day’ photo. the photo after that, of the two officers talking, is what ran in the paper. it definitely is more newsy, but i think i like the first photo better.

5/29/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Shonta Wright, sister of a man shot outside an apartment on Springdale Road, waits to to see if the children of her sister, who was a witness, can leave the scene with her. She is on a cell phone with her sister in this photo.

5/29/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Lt. Jason Dusterhoft, right, talks with officer D. Clinkscales at a crime scene on Springdale Road on Thursday. A man was shot outside an apartment near the officers.

5/28/08 Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Krystal Mutters, 16, puts flowers in her cap after a tour at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. She is part of a group of patients from the Children’s Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center who are on a three-day trip visiting Austin and San Antonio.

5/28/08 Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Patients from the Children’s Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center prepare to leave the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center after a tour and art class. The group is on a three-day trip visiting Austin and San Antonio.

The painting behind them is of Ladybird Johnson.

5/28/08 Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Chris Levack stands under his scuplture Wigwam after installing it Wednesday at Mueller’s Southwest Greenway.

5/28/08 Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Jose Villa of Alamo Crane jumps down from the crane he operated to help install Chris Levack’s scupltures, Wigwam and Pollen Grain, at Mueller’s Southwest Greenway on Wednesday. Pollen Grain is the sculpture in the background.

5/28/08 Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Rafael Mendosa welds pieces for Chris Levack’s Wigwam scuplture at Mueller’s Southwest Greenway on Wednesday.

YEAH! and here’s my first photo printed at the Statesman. the story it went with happened to be the business section centerpiece. Yes, it is a portrait:

5/28/08 Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; Viktors Berstis, a senior software engineer engineer and ‘master inventor’ for IBM, in front of computers hooked up to the World Community Grid.

Light matters

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