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Advocates Push for Guaranteed Income Amid NM’s Persistent Poverty

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December 13, 2023

Advocates Push for Guaranteed Income Amid NM’s Persistent Poverty

Guaranteed income push comes as NM’s poverty endures

Increased job security. More stable housing. Better educational outcomes. These are some of the results reported yesterday by advocacy groups following an 18-month Guaranteed Income (GI) pilot program aimed at addressing poverty and economic security for “low-income, mixed-status families and workers in New Mexico.” The New Mexico Economic Relief Working Group, a consortium of local advocacy groups that organized in March 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, says it specifically targeted immigrant families ineligible for federal stimulus relief money. New Mexico should fund a long-term guaranteed basic income program to help immigrant families, those groups said yesterday during a news conference presenting the report’s findings. New Mexico Voices for Children Senior Research and Policy Javier Rojo tells SFR concerns about GI programs often include the misperception low-income recipients will mis-spend money allocated with “no strings attached.” In fact, he says, “our data and other reports across the country prove that when people actually receive money, they use it intelligently.” The City of Santa Fe used a grant from the Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, along with funding from the American Rescue Plan Act for a similar program at Santa Fe Community College. “Poverty is a policy choice,” UpTogether Senior Director of Partnerships Ivanna Neri said during yesterday’s news conference. “Through this pilot, we’re making a case for systemic change.” The push for GI comes amid a new legislative progress report evaluating the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid programs that says despite large investments in both, New Mexico’s “poverty levels have remained stubbornly high”—the highest in the US last year and, since at least 2000, “New Mexico has persistently ranked as one of the poorest states in the country.”

Councilor-elect Faulkner seeks anonymous critic’s identity

At its meeting tomorrow, the city’s Ethics and Campaign Review Board will tackle several pending complaints stemming from the Nov. 7 local election. Those complaints, as SFR reported last month, come from retired state employee Arcy Baca against former City Attorney Geno Zamora, who ran and lost in District 1; Planning Commissioner and bike activist Phil Lucero, who ran and lost in District 2; and Pilar Faulkner, who won the race in District 3. Each complaint alleges the same violation: the candidate’s campaign finance report submitted to the city “did not adhere to the stipulation of segregating individual expenses as mandated by the regulation.” Now Faulkner has a complaint of her own before the ECRB. She charges that “Jay Baker,” a pseudonymous social media account critical of Mayor Alan Webber’s administration, purchased digital ads critical of her and Lucero, while failing to properly adhere to campaign finance disclosure rules. Moreover, Faulkner’s complaint alleges Baca knows Baker’s identity and requests the ECRB subpoena him and Facebook to reveal who is behind the account. Baker denies involvement with the ads to the Santa Fe New Mexican and, on Facebook, says Faulkner “has shown her hand as being one of [the mayor’s] sycophants.” Meanwhile, former City Councilor JoAnne Vigil Coppler, who ran in a three-way mayoral race against Webber in 2021, contributed comments to the New Mexican’s story on the Faulkner/Baker matter, calling the complaint “laughable.” She writes: “The Jay Bakers in this city applaud all of us Jay Bakers—we live in the streets, in the filthy parks, under bridges, in expensive rentals, in substandard houses, in adobe houses, in gated communities, in millionaire mansions and everywhere else. Some of us work for the city, in restaurants, at gas stations, state government, are retired or have no job at all. Rest assured, we are not stupid. Let the Jay Bakers rejoice and continue to call out an administration that doesn’t give a rat’s patootie about its constituents.”

Fitch rates City of Santa Fe bonds A++, but notes audit delays

As Santa Fe city officials recently emphasized in an FAQ regarding its ongoing late audits, while “timely and accurate financial reporting is an important element of the city’s financial well-being…there are other pieces to the larger financial picture that help evaluate a city’s finances, including bond ratings and revenue collection. ” Regarding the bond ratings, the city yesterday reported two recent actions from Independent rating agency Fitch Ratings: “AA+” ratings for the city’s water utility and wastewater bond ratings revenues. The Fitch ratings include each system’s Standalone Credit Profile (both aa+), approximately $31.2 million in water utility system refunding revenue bonds and approximately $13.6 million in wastewater utility system/environmental services gross receipts taxes improvement revenue bonds. “This is great news for the city,” Finance Director Emily Oster says in a statement. “These ratings are independent validation of the strong and stable financial position of the city’s utility programs.” Indeed, Fitch’s notice on the city’s ratings describes the ” ‘AA+’ wastewater utility revenue bond rating and ‘aa+’ SCP” as reflective of “the system’s ‘exceptionally strong’ financial profile, yet are constrained at the current rating given historical volatility in financial performance.” Fitch also notes the city’s late audits for 2021 and 2022 and writes that the agency anticipates the city’s 2023 audit also will be late and “continue presenting an asymmetric risk for the short- to intermediate-term.” Submission of the city’s fiscal 2023 audit to the Office of the State Auditor beyond mid calendar year 2024…may lead to the withdrawal of Fitch’s ratings,” the agency writes. “Consistent timely delivery of clean audits” could improve the wastewater utility ratings, but the water utility ratings are unlikely to increase, Fitch writes, due to “high operating cost burden, elevated investment needs with weak capital investment.”

ECECD seeks budget increase for “forward momentum”

New Mexico’s efforts to create universal pre-K and free childcare have garnered national attention multiple times since creating the Early Childhood Education and Care Department in 2019, and passing a constitutional amendment last year to help fund that commitment. Now, early childhood leaders and advocates hope state lawmakers will approve close to a $150 million increase in general funds for the FY25 budget, as well as $23.5 million in special appropriations for a total operating budget of just over $818 million. The department presented its budget to the Legislative Finance Committee yesterday. “Because of bold investments by our state Legislature and strong leadership from our governor, New Mexico has shot to the front of the pack in early childhood education and care,” ECECD Cabinet Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky says in a statement. “Families across the state are feeling the benefits, and this budget solidifies those gains and maintains our forward momentum.” Increases from the general fund include approximately $75 million to maintain the state’s expanded income eligibility for child care assistance at 400% of the federal poverty level. Special initiatives include $12 million to pilot home visiting incentives and per child payments, as well as create an intake/referral system for home visiting.

Listen up

Española Humane Director of Community Engagement Murad Kirdar and Bobbi Heller, executive director of Felines & Friends New Mexico, talk on the most recent episode of the Pet Chat radio program with Jared Lyons, co-founder of Turquoise Trail Veterinary Urgent Care, about the new model of pet health care the organization will provide in 2024. Pet Chat airs at 9 am Saturdays and 3 pm on local radio Talk 1260 KTRC and FM 103.7. Email the hosts at petchat@santafe.com

Books for all tastes

Forbes magazine surveys the “best beer books” of 2023, naming in first place Ted Mack and America’s First Black-Owned Brewery: The Rise and Fall of Peoples Beer by New Mexico State University Assistant English Professor Clint Lanier, which Forbes describes as “extensively researched and beautifully written.” As described by the publisher, Lanier’s book tells the story of Theodore A. (Ted) Mack, Sr., born a sharecropper in Alabama in 1930, who eventually bought the Peoples Brewing Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, despite “the subtle bigotry of Middle America, the corruption of the beer industry and the failures of the federal government.” Writes Forbes: “This is a book as much about overcoming hardship and entrepreneurism as it is about beer.” Scientific American also includes a New Mexico-connected book in its end-of-the-year recommendations, the decidedly not-scientific but fun rom/com/sci-fi mash-up The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis (SFR included the alien invasion/ road-trip novel in its fall reading edition as well). And Civil Eats offers a “food and farming holiday book gift guide,” which includes in its ranks Corn Dance: Inspired First American Cuisine by Loretta Barrett Oden with Beth Dooley. Oden (Potawatomi), Civil Eats writes, “is regarded as a Native American culinary trailblazer, whose work predates today’s robust Indigenous foodways revitalization efforts.” Those efforts include the former Corn Dance Café in Santa Fe, which she and her son founded in 1993, “the first restaurant in the United States to shine a spotlight on local, Indigenous ingredients.”

Trippy putting

CNET Editor at Large Scott Stein takes Meow Wolf’s new virtual reality mini-golf—available as of last week—out for a spin, in a review that begins thusly: “I look into the chirping, beeping, glowing mouth of a deep cave. A jungle world. Something flies overhead, wings fluttering. A tall-legged beast walks carefully across a giant pond…and I see the reflection beneath. But I can also, I think, move through the reflection. I fall through. I’m in another world. Wait, where’s my golf ball?” Meow Wolf’s first VR venture, Stein details, is an add-on course for the Walkabout Mini-Golf, and it both sounds and looks like Meow Wolf, he concludes. As described by Mighty Coconut, Walkabout Mini-Golf’s creators, the course includes “18 easy mode and 18 hard mode holes, collectible golf balls to seek out in-game, a commemorative putter, Meow Wolf-themed avatars for dressing up in the course and anywhere in Walkabout Mini Golf, and is teeming with familiar and new Meow Wolf creatures, colorful flora, mysterious portals, and more gameplay mechanics than any other course to date.” Stein also talks with Meow Wolf co-founder and Creative Director Caity Kennedy, Mighty Coconut Director and Executive Producer Lucas Martell and Walkabout Mini Golf’s Senior Art Director Don Carson about the VR collaboration, with Kennedy confirming the mini-golf environment and characters are based on Meow Wolf’s Denver installation, Convergence Station, but animated in ways not feasible in the physical world. “We had all these limitations in our art that would be so much fun to break,” Kennedy says. “Like having to accommodate hundreds of guests—you kind of need a floor, you have to have railings. Down…needs to be down. Breaking those rules right away was the obvious first step. And then the second one was movement.”

Something soggy this way blows

The National Weather Service forecasts a windy, mostly cloudy day with a 70% chance of precipitation: rain and snow this morning, followed by likely rain and a chance for thunderstorms this evening. That wind? East 20 to 30 mph with a chance for gusts up to 40 mph. If for some reason you are on a lake today, the NWS advises caution. Look for high temperatures in the low 40s. Chances for precipitation tonight rise to 100%, albeit of the freezing rain variety, with little snow accumulation expected down here, but plenty nearby with snowfall forecast through Friday.

Thanks for reading! The Word has enjoyed all the poems Guest Editor Claudia Rankine has chosen thus far in December for the Poem-A-Day series, particularly Juliana Spahr’s “Ode to a Goby.”

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Families host non-local New Mexico Ice Wolves players

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January 27, 2025

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Families host non-local New Mexico Ice Wolves players

Many of the Ice Wolves players come from all around the U.S. and don’t have a place to stay so families in New Mexico are a big help.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Hockey season is well underway, including for our New Mexico Ice Wolves whose out-of-state players are finding themselves right at home here.

Players are all about 17-22 years old. They’re either finishing up high school or taking a gap year before college in hopes of getting NCAA Division I scholarships. Many of them are not only from out of state but also out of the country so they need a place to stay while achieving their goals.

That is where families, like the Shipley family, come in handy.

“She said, ‘Hey, we had this, this young guy, he needs to place a sleep tonight. We’ve already talked about it. Can we do it?’ And I just told her to please make a good decision,” Jeremy Shipley said.

That decision grew Shipley’s family of four to five. They’re letting 18-year-old Connor Hanley have a place to stay while he chases his dreams.

“We were obviously a little nervous in the beginning to open up our home to someone that’s a complete stranger. But just in the short amount of time that Connor’s been here, we’ve really grown,” Jackie Shipley said.

Connor joined the Shipley family in the middle of the season. Since he came to live with them in September, he has become a part of the family.

“It’s been great to see how he interacts with the kids, how he fits right in with like, our life and all the things we do,” Jackie said.

Ten-year-old Easton explained things were a bit awkward in the beginning.

“At first, we were getting to know each other. But then as time went on, we started to get more comfortable with each other,” Easton said.

Now, Easton and seven-year-old Boden feel like Connor is their big brother. They have a lucky stick at home.

It’s lucky because Connor signed it and gave it to them.

With all of the players who come here, like Liam Waugh from Georgia and Tim Hewko from Ann Arbor, Michigan, rookie forwards whom we also talked to, the New Mexico Ice Wolves does their best to not only match up similar lifestyles but also personalities.

“If a player says, ‘I love teaching little kids how to skate or play hockey,’ and I know this family has a couple of kids, I’m like, ‘Ah, that might be a match!’ I meet them and I talk to them, and I just get a sense of who they are. And then I talk to the player and the player’s family. I get a sense of who they are and then I just let my gut kind of do the talking,” explained Tina Tomlin, the host coordinator for the New Mexico Ice Wolves.

Tomlin also hosts a player – goalie Jackson Fuller.

For hosting a player, each family gets $425 a month and discounts on merchandise and food at the rink.

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Mountain West men’s basketball update: New Mexico bags massive road win

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January 27, 2025

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Mountain West men’s basketball update: New Mexico bags massive road win

Donovan Dent strengthened his Mountain West Conference men’s basketball Player of the Year case with a 34-point explosion Saturday afternoon against UNLV.

The New Mexico junior point guard finished 13 of 21 from the field and made all six of his free throws, including a pair that tied the game at 72-all with 2:44 to play. The Lobos (17-4, 9-1) held on down the stretch for a 75-73 victory over the Rebels (11-9, 5-4) to remain atop the MWC standings.

Senior center Nelly Junior Joseph also shined for New Mexico, recording 22 points and a career-high 18 rebounds.

“I thought he was phenomenal,” Lobos head coach Richard Pitino said of Joseph after the game. “Donovan obviously had a big-time box score, but the rebounding was absurd from Nelly.”

UNLV sophomore point guard Dedan Thomas Jr., another MWC Player of the Year candidate, starred in defeat with 18 points and seven assists.

“He’s frightening when we’re on defense because he’s very crafty, he does a great job of getting fouled,” Pitino said of Thomas Jr. “I love him.”

Utah State (18-2, 8-1) kept pace with the Lobos Saturday by dismantling Air Force (3-17, 0-9), 87-58.

Star guards Ian Martinez (16 points) and Mason Falslev (11 points, eight rebounds, five assists, three steals) led the way for the Aggies, who could return to the AP Top 25 next week.

“The last two games, we’ve played on both sides of the ball,” Utah State head coach Jerrod Calhoun said in his postgame press conference. “If you’re going to win a league title and get to the NCAA Tournament, you can’t be a one-trick pony. I think we’re starting to understand that.

“We’ve got to get out of here, get some rest. We’ve got two huge games at home inside the (Smith) Spectrum.”

The Aggies host UNLV on Wednesday before a Feb. 1 matchup with New Mexico in the MWC game of the year to date.

Colorado State (13-7, 7-2) picked up its third straight win Saturday night with a 69-64 comeback victory over Fresno State (5-18, 1-8). The Rams have a chance to make a move in the MWC title race with upcoming games against New Mexico, San Diego State (13-5, 6-3) and Utah State.

The Aztecs, who routed Nevada (11-9, 3-6) 69-50 on the road Saturday night, are in the middle of a softer stretch in their schedule.

Boise State (13-7, 5-4) had its first MWC bye over the weekend and is 3.5 games behind the Lobos in the conference standings.

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Read about these 4 new, 52 reorganized stake presidencies — from New Mexico to New Zealand

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January 26, 2025

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Read about these 4 new, 52 reorganized stake presidencies — from New Mexico to New Zealand

26 Jan 2025, 7:00 a.m. MST

New stakes

A new stake has been created from the Cedar City Utah Cross Hollow, Cedar City Utah and Cedar City Utah West stakes. The Cedar City Utah South Stake, which consists of the Harmony Mountain, Hidden Hills, Kolob Canyon, Meadow Ranch, New Harmony, Old Sorrel, South Mountain and Westview wards, was created by Elder Takashi Wada, a General Authority Seventy, and Elder Emerson B. Carnavale, an Area Seventy.

CEDAR CITY UTAH SOUTH STAKE: (Nov. 3, 2024) President — Lance David Higbee, 39, optometrist; wife, Anne Marie Westwood Higbee. Counselors — Houston Todd Oldroyd, 39, Leavitt Group Enterprises internal auditor; wife, Megan Lynn Harman Oldroyd. Timothy Green Watson, 48, Watson Engineering Co. Inc. president and owner; wife, Shauna Hansen Watson.

A new stake has been created from the Highland Utah West Stake. The Highland Utah North Stake, which consists of the Highland 27th, Highland 32nd, Highland 36th, Highland 41st, Highland 44th and Highland 45th wards, was created by Elder Jorge M. Alvarado, a General Authority Seventy, and Elder Ulysse G. McCann, an Area Seventy.

HIGHLAND UTAH NORTH STAKE: (Nov. 3, 2024) President — Caleb John Frischknecht, 45, Limble Solutions Inc. general counsel; wife, Jamie Lynn Baird Frischknecht. Counselors — Jonathan Leland Myres, 52, self-employed landlord; wife, Sunny Wilson Myres. Steven Clark Empey, 48, AbbVie Pharmaceuticals sales manager; wife, Heather Lynn Miller Empey.

A new stake has been created from the Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ruashi Democratic Republic of the Congo stakes. The Kasapa Democratic Republic of the Congo Stake, which consists of the Aeroport Branch and the Hewa Bora, Joli Site, Kasapa 1st, Kasapa 2nd, Kasapa 3rd and Luano wards, was created by Elder Paul B. Pieper, a General Authority Seventy, and Elder Jean Pierre A.L. Haboko, an Area Seventy.

KASAPA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO STAKE: (Dec. 1, 2024) President — Delly Kabale Banza Ilunga, 44, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints real estate project manager; wife, Therese Nguvu Kabale Yemba. Counselors — Mutambayi Christophe Mbala, 47, Synergy Manpower Solutions manager; wife, Solange Nkulu Nsenga Tundja. Atchoke William Kibonge, 44, Complexe Scolaire Les Amis du Christ school employee; wife, Mwanvua Gertrude Tambwe Kibonge.

A new stake has been created from the San Pedro Cote d’Ivoire District. The San Pedro Cote d’Ivoire Stake, which consists of the LAC, Meagui 1st, Meagui 2nd, Meagui 3rd, San Pedro, Sassandra, Seweke 1st, Seweke 2nd and Seweke 3rd branches, was created by Elder Alfred Kyungu, a General Authority Seventy, and Elder Tonga J. Sai, an Area Seventy.

SAN PEDRO COTE D’IVOIRE STAKE: (Sept. 22, 2024) President — Sonh Achide Guiro, 45, Cote d’Ivoire Yamoussoukro Mission handyman; wife, Golou Estelle Guiro. Counselors — Gonkapieu Marius Kpan, 31, entrepreneur; wife, Léhénohin Marthe Ya Zonde Kpan. Kouadio Romaric Kouakou, 31, Roméo Studio graphic designer.

Reorganized stakes

ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO STAKE: (Nov. 24, 2024) President — Scott Steven Morgan, 42, Cavin & Morgan PA shareholder attorney and managing partner; succeeding Michael David Davis; wife, Katherine Sara Maclure Morgan. Counselors — Eric Brandon Chapman, 45, orthopedic surgeon; wife, Aubrey Mullenaux Chapman. Jesus Eduardo Quispe Cconocc, 57, Homes & Casas LLC president and CEO; wife, Julie Nielsen Quispe.

ASAMANKESE GHANA STAKE: (Dec. 1, 2024) President — Prince Anim Agyei, 40, self-employed mechanic/poultry farmer; succeeding Solomon Agyeman Tenadu; wife, Juliet Effah Agyei. Counselors — Samuel Tetteh Drah, 66, Ghana Education Service retired director of education; wife, Georgina Maku Paditey Drah. Michael Anim, 47, Ghana Cocoa Board sprayer; wife, Faustina Owusua Anim.

ASUNCIÓN PARAGUAY STAKE: (Dec. 15, 2024) President — Abel Vicente Sanabria Pando, 32, Fabrica Paraguaya de Vidrios civil specialist; succeeding Horst Nikolaus Eschgfäller; wife, Cielo Betania Ayala de Sanabria. Counselors — Sergio Daniel Cañellas Benitez, 37, AMX Paraguay S.A. (Claro) marketing product manager; wife, Sandra Elizabeth Roig. Oscar Manuel Machuca Grau, 38, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple recorder; wife, Mabel Baez Meza.

BELO HORIZONTE BRAZIL STAKE: (Oct. 20, 2024) President — Daniel Rodrigues Alves, 45, self-employed; succeeding Otávio Rietra Dias; wife, Lílian Márcia Neves Haddad. Counselors — Victor Azevedo Ramos, 42, Minas Gerais Military Fire Department sergeant; wife, Gislaine de Fátima Dias Barbosa Ramos. Luciano Pereira da Silva, 47, State of Minas Gerais socio-educational security agent; wife, Junia Tupinaba Oliveira Silva.

BOISE IDAHO AMITY STAKE: (Nov. 10, 2024) President — Robert Craig Ord, 48, Idaho Power Co. lead financial analyst; succeeding Richard Allen Johnson; wife, Briana Lyn Moses Ord. Counselors — Rex Joseph Dent, 56, St. Luke’s Health System data and analytics director; wife, Elaine White Dent. Joel Haddon Hallberg, 46, Litster Frost Injury Lawyers director of operations; wife, Angela Dawn Thueson Hallberg.

BROOKLYN NEW YORK STAKE: (Nov. 17, 2024) President — Victor Manuel Romero Ramirez, 52, Gateway Arms Realty superintendent; succeeding Robert Dean Shull; wife, Sofia Erendira Chavez Alvaradejo Romero. Counselors — Brett Jeffrey Peterson, 40, American Museum of Natural History director of media and interactives; wife, Sarah Maria Sylvester Peterson. Quinton Edwards Covey Cannon, 31, Betterment software engineer; wife, Camille Dawn Lowder Cannon.

CERRITOS CALIFORNIA STAKE: (Nov. 24, 2024) President — Rodney Shane Douglass, 52, NSI-MI Technologies controller; succeeding Jerry Wayne Fisher; wife, Shauna Kawahaheeuinaninohea Basso Douglass. Counselors — Richard Cecil Bon, 65, CBS television editor; wife, Linda Jean Black Bon. Pablo Luque Aguilasocho, 57, LA Legacy Trucking LLC self-employed; wife, Ana Patricia Luque Huerta.

CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL STAKE: (Nov. 10, 2024) President — Jonathan Carl Johnston, 47, Wells Fargo Bank lead control management officer; succeeding Steven Jay Page; wife, Tennill Elizabeth Cheney Johnston. Counselors — Randy Alan Fife, 47, TIAA senior managing director; wife, Jenny Le Ora Henningson Fife. Eduardo Hiram Eguizabal, 36, Novant Health corporate operations supervisor; wife, Mariana Palma Rodriguez Eguizabal.

CHICLAYO PERÚ LATINA STAKE: (Nov. 10, 2024) President — Emilio Martin Fernandez Navarro, 41, Idat/Senati teacher and instructor; succeeding Franklin Alonso Bazan Terrones; wife, Deisy Janeth Leonardo Monteza. Counselors — Gustavo Navarro Sokolich, 57, independent driver; wife, Zoila Consuelo de Navarro Quiroz. Marcelino Céspedes Correa, 38, Acabados Marcelino EIRL manager; wife, Katherin Lucía Céspedes de Alcalde.

CIUDAD BOLÍVAR VENEZUELA STAKE: (Oct. 27, 2024) President — Leonardo Rafael Carreño Machado, 52, retired workshop manager; succeeding Rosman Livio Sanchez; wife, María Susana Laguado de Carreño. Counselors — Franklin Orlando Medina Romero, 57, CVG Alcasa integral operator; wife, Naila Mariluz de Medina Mendoza. Ramon de Jesus Piñero, 57, sewing machine technician entrepreneur; wife, Maura Josefina de Piñero Silveira.

COLORADO SPRINGS HIGH PLAINS STAKE: (Oct. 27, 2024) President — Daiko Nephi Abe, 43, ISC Corp. director of operations; succeeding Matthew Jay Carroll; wife, Tamara Zetterquist Abe. Counselors — Reed Paul Romney, 44, KPMG manager; wife, Summer Leann Wiest Romney. Douglas Paul Kisby, 49, U.S. Air Force federal agent; wife, Cara Lynn Price Kisby.

CUENCA ECUADOR STAKE: (Nov. 24, 2024) President — Jose Luis Cedeño Olvera, 53, business owner and manager; succeeding Gordon Philip Foreman; wife, Jessica Mercedes Torres Nieto de Cedeño. Counselors — Pablo Andres Galan Cajamarca, 38, Wiser Center director; wife, Ana Belen Merchan Bueno. Milton Ricardo Romero Bastidas, 46, Roche key accounts manager; wife, Vivian Elena Coloma Pelchor Romero.

EL PROGRESO HONDURAS STAKE: (Nov. 3, 2024) President — Marvin Enrique Enamorado Larios, 43, H&S Building Solutions construction project estimator; succeeding Ernesto Qauiles Pacheco Amador; wife, Amada Yesenia Medina de Enamorado. Counselors — Daniel Antonio Chavez Medina, 36, Delivery Hero senior sales executive; wife, Gabriela Nineth Zelaya de Chavez. David Fernando Colindres Alvarado, 37, Faceno Group marketing coordinator; wife, Ibeth Geraldina Martinez Martinez de Colindres.

ETINAN NIGERIA NORTH STAKE: (Nov. 3, 2024) President — Usen Nse Eka, 42, handyman; succeeding Uwem John Eshiet; wife, Imaobong Peter Inyang Usen Eka. Counselors — Ibanga Akaninyene Albert, 52, Onward Secondary School teacher; wife, Ekaette Akaninyene Albert. Idorenyin Christopher Udo, 41, self-employed entrepreneur; wife, Mary Sam Edet Idorenyin Udo.

FILER IDAHO STAKE: (Nov. 24, 2024) President — Bryan Charles Mason, 44, physician; succeeding Scott Edward Hunsaker; wife, Natalie Marie Forbes Mason. Counselors — Ryan Dale Bowman, 50, Twin Falls School District director of educational technology and operations; wife, Ranae Bearnson Bowman. Scott Michael Bame, 39, Nutrien territory manager; wife, Bridget Celeste Schut Bame.

FORNEY TEXAS STAKE: (Dec. 8, 2024) President — Dane Brooks Hatch, 49, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation administration; wife, Lindsey Erin Jones Hatch. Counselors — Matthew Kyle Hansen, 45, Troutman Pepper Locke partner; wife, Jene’ Kowallis Hansen. Lance Martin Celaya, 46, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy LLP attorney; wife, Michelle Godfrey Celaya.

GALEANA MÉXICO STAKE: (Oct. 27, 2024) President — Valentin Flores Gutierrez, 44, business owner; succeeding Genaro Artemio Garcia Torres; wife, Gabriela Denise Flores Torrentera. Counselors — David Bauzán Carvajal, 52, Corporate Azucarero Emiliano Zapata analyst programmer; wife, Maria Gabriela de Bauzan Estrada. Juan Carlos Sandoval Hernandez, 46, condominium administrator; wife, Juana Elsa de Sandoval Martinez.

GUATEMALA CITY FLORIDA STAKE: (Oct. 27, 2024) President — Nery Giovanny Martinez Garcia, 38, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints publishing services manager; succeeding Byron Alberto Perez Castillo; wife, Katherine Michell Roque de Leon. Counselors — Mario Rene Iquic Santiago, 50, automotive painter; wife, Ana Beatriz Sian Camey de Iquic. Marlon Estuardo Quiñonez Pappa, 46, ProArq designer and construction supervisor; wife, Dilma Yanett Lopez Gamboa de Quiñonez.

GUATEMALA CITY MILAGRO STAKE: (Oct. 27, 2024) President — Jose Estuardo Samayoa Gonzalez, 32, Funval regional supervisor; succeeding Héctor Estuardo Ramírez Helena; wife, Ingrid Azucena Jolon Garcia de Samayoa. Counselors — Carlos Humberto Najera, 46, Judicial Branch of Guatemala Supreme Court of Justice judicial assistant; wife, Juana Yessenia Salguero Corado de Najera. Esli Rene Martinez Hernandez, 43, Alorica supervisor; wife, Karen Iveth Cinto Mejia de Martinez.

GUAYMAS MÉXICO STAKE: (Nov. 17, 2024) President — Oswaldo Padilla Hernandez, 42, Isssteson nurse; succeeding Ramiro Ibarra Sanchez; wife, Alejandra Lopez Yañez. Counselors — Leonel Baylon Reyes, 45, National Technology Institute of Mexico deputy director of planning and outreach; wife, Grecia Elena Moncayo Meza. Seus Enrique Barojas Lopez, 52, TE Connectivity cost estimator, finance; wife, Lidia Araceli Soto Terrazas de Barojas.

HENDERSON NEVADA MCCULLOUGH HILLS STAKE: (Nov. 10, 2024) President — Jeremy Shad Bradshaw, 49, CommonSpirit Health market president; succeeding Jason Todd Morris; wife, Andrea Ellen Anderson Bradshaw. Counselors — Kenneth C McCandless, 48, optometrist and Wellish Vision Institute director of refractive surgery; wife, Jeaneane Thiriot McCandless. Quincy Ivins Walker, 46, self-employed financial representative; wife, Jessica Marie Knudsen Walker.

IDAHO FALLS EAGLE ROCK STAKE: (Dec. 8, 2024) President — Shane L Wynn, 50, optometrist; succeeding Albert Rupert Wilcox; wife, Kimberly Ann Farnsworth Wynn. Counselors — Matthew Jay Merzlock, 48, physician assistant; wife, Renae Hart Merzlock. Tyson Craig Parker, 43, physician assistant; wife, Kristine Gayle Crandall Parker.

ILAGAN PHILIPPINES STAKE: (Nov. 17, 2024) President — Gericel Mamuri Lopez, 46, Polaris Cable Vision Inc. accounting/field officer; succeeding Jasper Dureza Allapitan; wife, Rosemarie Gatan Bucaling Lopez. Counselors — Felix Gaspar Ferrer Daggao Jr., 39, freelance agent; wife, Juanita Sabado Barberan Daggao. Sonny Dacquil Dacuycuy Jr., 48, freelance contractor; wife, Lovelinda Ventura Lopez Dacuycuy.

IPSWICH AUSTRALIA STAKE: (Nov. 24, 2024) President — Stephen Nautu, 47, Energy Queensland senior network data officer; succeeding Paolaaita Siaea Salanoa; wife, Anita Pei Nautu. Counselors — Ronald William Inu, 55, IT consultant and contractor; wife, Le-Vonne Mitzi Hunt Inu. Trevor Ing, 53, Allianz Partners workforce planner; wife, Moesha Soloai Hall.

JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA EAST STAKE: (Nov. 17, 2024) President — Bret Gerald Smith, 65, retired; succeeding Stephen Edgar Heywood; wife, Jeanette Tidwell Goates Smith. Counselors — John Cameron Thomas, 45, Farah and Farah trial attorney; wife, Lindsay Gail Royal Thomas. Coby Thomas Febrizio, 47, Citibank program management lead; wife, Katharine Alexandra Daniels Fabrizio.

JUCHITÁN MÉXICO LAS FLORES STAKE: (Nov. 17, 2024) President — Carlos Gallegos Santiago, 33, BBVA Banmer SME pool executive, Banco Santander SA commercial executive, and self-employed merchant; succeeding Víctor Orozco Jiménez; wife, Naima Aide Gonzalez Joaquin. Counselors — Alberto Orozco Palacios, 46, Comprehensive Dermatological Center administrator; wife, Josefina de Orozco Jimenez. Cristopher Amadeo Villegas de Leon, 28, Ecological Fumigations of the Isthmus technical supervisor; wife, Maria del Carmen Castellanos Jimenez.

KAOHSIUNG TAIWAN NORTH STAKE: (Dec. 15, 2024) President — Fu Shan Yen, 51, B.A.T. Services Limited Taiwan Branch channel development executive; succeeding Chun Chia Li; wife, Chiung Ju Kuo. Counselors — Chia Hung Liu, 47, Kaohsiung City Police Department Fengshan Branch police officer; wife, Chun Hsiu Chen. Chao Chang Ke, 48, Taiwan Senju Electronics Co. Ltd. sales specialist; wife, Hsin Ya Huang.

KINSHASA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO MPASA STAKE: (Dec. 1, 2024) President — Julien Mbwabanguka Muyaya, 57, Guarding and Service for Africa GSA control inspector and entrepreneur; succeeding Mayamba Hermes Itinya; wife, Sylvie Mbuidikila Mayuma. Counselors — Epanya Armand Kasongo, 43, electrician; wife, Mvuala Lablonde Kisungu. Ata Jonathan Kasanda, 29, Perika TV Media secretary general; wife, Mafuta Mega Matumona.

LAGOS NIGERIA YABA STAKE: (Oct. 20, 2024) President — Fred Essien Ntuen Anyin, 43, Lead-Forte Gate Ltd. executive assistant; succeeding Chinedu Joshua Enwereuzo; wife, Afolakemi Oluwatosin Olofinnusi Anyin. Counselors — Oghene-ochuko Paul Erubami, 49, Max-Migold Ltd. managing director and CEO; wife, Grace Oluwasola Aluko Erubami. Saviour Offiong Effiong, 37, Help Start Education Foundation Lagos system engineer; wife, Uwana Okokon Effiong.

LOGAN UTAH STAKE: (Nov. 17, 2024) President — Benjamin Alma Slack, 47, Nucor Cold Finish Utah inside sales; succeeding Curtis Nolan Phillips; wife, Ashley Dawn Hogan Slack. Counselors — Jason Eric Stanger, 48, InTech Collegiate Academy executive director; wife, Amy Benedict Stanger. Bradley Newbold Mumford, 42, attorney and U.S. Air Force judge advocate; wife, Cassi Lyn Anderson Mumford.

MACEIÓ BRAZIL TABULEIRO STAKE: (Nov. 24, 2024) President — Ademar Leandro da Silva Vasconcelos, 33, Biu Gráfica businessman; succeeding Genival dos Santos; wife, Jéssica Bernardino do Vale Vasconcelos. Counselors — Radmellys Carlos Lôbo, 50, T3 facilities gardening officer; wife, Cristiane Rosy Chagas Lôbo. Josualdo dos Santos Mota, 54, PMAL second sergeant; wife, Marcia Ferreira do Nascimento Mota.

MADRID SPAIN CENTRAL STAKE: (Nov. 17, 2024) President — Óscar Ovejero Ibáñez, 46, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Madrid Temple assistant recorder; succeeding Riqui Tellez Pinzon; wife, Sara Somoza García. Counselors — Nicolas Alejandro De Gennaro, 43, business owner and manager; wife, Silvana Noemi Acuña De Gennaro. Pedro Ramon Porras Valenzuela, 44, Industrias Lácteas Asturianas SA computer systems administrator; wife, Beatriz Elena Ochoa Ochoa.

MAKAKILO HAWAII STAKE: (Dec. 8, 2024) President — Brennen Lopaka Chosei Owan, 43, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii physician; succeeding Mark Kaikiohua Piena; wife, Amy Sachie Lehua Kamoe Owan. Counselors — Stewart Minn Soo Choi, 58, Child and Family Services clinical supervisor and therapist, and Family Services counselor and agency manager; wife, Ruth Kawaianuenue Alohikea Choi. Nake’u Smith, 45, Atlas Insurance Agency account manger of benefit consultant; wife, Ariana Asako Uhiwai Manoa Smith.

MERCEDES URUGUAY STAKE: (Dec. 8, 2024) President — Juan Marcelo Arballo Malatés, 45, Amsa Distributor owner and Departmental Board of Soriano departmental councilor; succeeding Ricardo Fabian Camargo Vazquez; wife, Ana Laura Arballo. Counselors — Néstor Ildo Muape Fúnez, 51, Gamma Company Mercedes Soriano security supervisor and retired police officer; wife, Laura Leonor Izaguirre Vazquez. Edgar Jose Varela Schanzenback, 49, forestry company maintenance manager; wife, Vaneza Esther Centurion Montaña.

MONCLOVA MÉXICO STAKE: (Nov. 10, 2024) President — Juan Angel Bustos Avendaño, 42, Autonomous University of Coahuila teacher; succeeding Gustavo Sandoval Castro; wife, Sandra Elizabeth Martinez Galindo. Counselors — Marco Antonio Barrera Hernandez, 49, Joyson Safety System engineering manager; wife, Adelita Carrillo Ramos. Pedro Gerardo Obregon Puente, 38, TMS International operations manager; wife, Zaida Zelem de Obregon Riojas.

MONTEVIDEO URUGUAY MAROÑAS STAKE: (Dec. 1, 2024) President — Christian Fernando Profeti Valdez, 39, Ternium IT development and architecture and IT project leader; succeeding Gaston Pitta Marcos; wife, Nadia Valeria Jaureguy Arrúa. Counselors — Julio Alberto Zapatta La Paz, 48, Darokil manager; wife, Amorina Zapatta. Dardo Victor Della Valle Gonzalez, 51, construction worker; wife, Sandra Jacqueline Della Valle.

OGDEN UTAH WEBER STAKE: (Nov. 3, 2024) President — Justin Kent Johnson, 50, International Armoring Corp. chief operations officer; succeeding Joel G. Porter; wife, Tiffany Dawn Torman Johnson. Counselors — Dan Cameron Milne, 62, retired; wife, Leanne Marie Schreckengost Milne. David Lee Rice, 52, Weber Basin Water Conservancy District division manager; wife, Melinda Bybee Rice.

ORIZABA MÉXICO STAKE: (Nov. 24, 2024) President — Raul Flores Sanchez, 50, Seidor México senior consultant; succeeding Sergio Andres Cancino Reyes; wife, Sheila Yiandini de Canaán Ramirez. Counselors — Rafael Cisneros Miranda, 53, retired college teacher; wife, Eliana Cisneros Lozano. Cesar Manuel Ramos Mendoza, 56, UGI Internet & TV finance manager; wife, Alicia Torres Castillo.

PEORIA ILLINOIS STAKE: (Dec. 15, 2024) President — Brian Keith Hafen, 53, Nussbaum Transportation senior systems administrator; succeeding Corey Scott Wurtzbacher; wife, Joy Margaret Larson Hafen. Counselors — Marvin Haschal Jarnagin, 52, Caterpillar Inc. product support manager; wife, Jessica Neeko Hanes Jarnagin. Jonathan Boyd Thayn, 49, Illinois State University professor; wife, Deborah Lee Frame Thayn.

PHOENIX ARIZONA WEST MARICOPA STAKE: (Nov. 17, 2024) President — Taylor Condie Earl, 42, Earl & Curley managing partner; succeeding Timothy Warren Overton; wife, Laura Marie Nielsen Earl. Counselors — Oscar Bernardo Garcia Maytorena, 48, GarMayt Tile Services N Remodeling owner; wife, Roxana Garcia. Michael Thomas Rigby, 44, Civil Solutions Engineering and Management senior resident engineer; wife, Megan Wootton Rigby.

PORTO ALEGRE BRAZIL NORTH STAKE: (Dec. 1, 2024) President — Maurício Grahl Rodrigues, 39, La Sante Farmacia de Manipulação and Quantic Life managing partner; succeeding Carlos Alberto Salles Baptista; wife, Daniela Sorrentino Rodrigues. Counselors — Ernani Berwig Jr., 56, Pest Control and Decupinizer Zap Cupim businessman; wife, Fabíola Volino Berwig. Sullivan da Silva Flores, 35, BandSafe Insurance Broker and Urban Haus Real Estate Management managing partner; wife, Gisele Pereira Bandeira.

RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH STAKE: (Nov. 3, 2024) President — Tyler McKay Haws, 45, Highwire vice president of sales; succeeding Raymond Joe Runyan; wife, Jayna Lynn Crandall Haws. Counselors — Matthew Bryan Hafen, 40, WakeMed Health and Hospitals heart center manager; wife, Gislaine Da Silva Hafen. Ryan Peter Webb, 44, Seminaries and Institutes of Religion institute director; wife, KaDawn Smith Webb.

ROY UTAH STAKE: (Dec. 8, 2024) President — Aaron Balthaser Rentschler, 42, Davis and Bott CPA; succeeding Kelly Lewis Taylor; wife, JaNell Jenkins Rentschler. Counselors — Gary Walker Schuenman, 59, Deseret Fence & Construction president; wife, Kimber Lee Howard Schuenman. Clifton Dee Christiansen, 36, Jeff Yeoman Construction foreman; wife, Annalise Yeoman Christiansen.

SAN NICOLÁS MÉXICO STAKE: (Nov. 24, 2024) President — Edgar Treviño Lopez, 35, teacher; succeeding Julio Cesar Pineda Franco; wife, Irma Genir Aleman Barajas. Counselors — Edgar Enrique Bahena Celestino, 31, Ventau and Intelimotor chief technology officer and co-founder; wife, Adriana Martínez Castilleja. Conrado Balboa Lopez, 49, 4Life international diamond distributor; wife, Cleopatra de Balboa Gallegos.

SARATOGA SPRINGS UTAH CROSSROADS STAKE: (Dec. 8, 2024) President — Alan William Keller, 48, Intermountain Health Care physical therapist; succeeding Thomas David Tillman; wife, Sherry Larson Keller. Counselors — Ryan Reid Smart, 51, Smart, Schofield, Smart P.C. shareholder attorney; wife, Tara Mira Bateman Smart. Justin Walker Purcell, 45, JP Appliance self-employed; wife, Anna Elizabeth Seavers Purcell.

SENECA MARYLAND STAKE: (Dec. 8, 2024) President — Devin Lee Ure, 43, Department of Transportation chief financial officer of office of the secretary; succeeding Darren Earl Arnold; wife, Nicole Stevenson Ure. Counselors — Raul Humberto Quintanilla Moreno, 51, Peraton Inc. senior system engineer; wife, Mirna Teresa Cuellar Quintanilla. Zachery Aaron Groover, 50, U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel; wife, Marcy Lynn Vavrosky Groover.

SPRING TEXAS STAKE: (Nov. 17, 2024) President — Benjamin Kay Johnson, 50, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP vice president of rates and tariffs; succeeding Michael Garrett Myers; wife, Mona Ruth Christensen Johnson. Counselors — Alexander Luther Parker, 42, Reliant Pest Management owner; wife, Cathryn Randall Parker. William Ashcroft Luce, 51, ExxonMobil global head of learning; wife, Jennifer Agnes Brumfield Luce.

TE MATAU A MAUI NEW ZEALAND STAKE: (Dec. 8, 2024) President — Justin William Edwards, 46, Department of Corrections senior adviser of leadership development; succeeding Farley John Keenan; wife, Shannon Leeanne Wainohu Edwards. Counselors — Dustine Lang Watarini Sadler, 50, Oranga Tamariki conference coordinator; wife, Vanessa-Lee Hineari Cowan Sadler. Neerod James Hapi, 52, Health New Zealand manager; wife, Sonya Louis Au Hapi.

TUMBES PERÚ STAKE — (Nov. 10, 2024) President — David Anthony Arcaya Moran, 46, Santa Priscila head of production; succeeding Eduardo Martin Melgar Arcaya; wife, Leyla Yemila de Arcaya Davis. Counselors — Jean Franco Napan Trigoso, 37, Napan Optical Center optrician; wife, Yuri Mabel de Napan Benavides. Gercy Paul Garcia Nuñez, 34, Papayal Preventative Maintenance supervisor and resident engineer; wife, Kelly Milagros De Garcia Rioja.

VENTANILLA PERÚ STAKE: (Oct. 27, 2024) President — Cristian Sixto Credo Gonzales, 32, Trox Do Brasil Ltda. regional manager; succeeding Alfonso Gabriel Yescas Ramirez; wife, Karol Bisset Macahuachi Utia. Counselors — Jorge Eduardo Ramos De La Cruz, 56, metal structures company plant supervisor; wife, Soledad Davila Buendia. Elias Gustavo Valderrama Infanson, 38, Pamer Schools psychologist; wife, Cecilia Milagros de Valderrama Curo.

WESTMINSTER COLORADO STAKE: (Dec. 8, 2024) President — Bret Ryan Fund, 49, Cengage and Infosec Institute general manager and senior vice president; succeeding Sung Hoon Moon; wife, Alisha White Fund. Counselors — Phillip Neal Sharp, 49, Sharp Wealth Management financial adviser; wife, Melanie Goates Sharp. William James Ellis III, 58, Oracle Corp. sales operations director; wife, Janel Ray Janda Ellis.

YAMORANSA GHANA STAKE: (Dec. 15, 2024) President — Amos Adu-Asare, 40, Ghana Education Service teacher/HOD; succeeding Frederick Antwi Sr.; wife, Belinda Adae Adu-Asare. Counselors — Alex Bosomtwe, 34, Ghana Education Service teacher; wife, Elizabeth Gyewu Bosomtwe. Alfred Afful, 41, Ghana Education Service teacher; wife, Faustina Osei Afful.

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