Raising hay for animals
Ben Swan | The New Mexican
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Take a mountain of Spam. Slice it up a bit. Put on your creative lenses, and what do you get? Mostly a mess, but sometimes a unique sculpture arises out of the meatlike substance. For Jennifer Boc, last Saturday's Spam-carving contest at the Esp ...Story, »

Felines get top-billing with shelter's new program
Ben Swan | The New Mexican
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Pity the poor feline. Maligned for millennia as aloof, detached and demanding, cats have often been given short shrift when compared to their goofy counterpart, the good-natured canine. Think Disney's Old Yeller versus Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Ca ...Story, »

100th birthday: Still feeling the wings on his shoulders
Ana Maria Trujillo | The New Mexican
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Prentice Willis thoroughly enjoyed his 100th birthday party last Tuesday. He joked around with a few longtime friends and family members as he held what just might have been the world's cutest dog — a jet-black Pomeranian puppy named Emerson. A ...Story, »

A wonderful life: Turning dreams into reality
Ana Pacheco | For The New Mexican
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Karleen Boggio-Montgomery was born in Trinidad, Colorado in 1941. Her grandmother, Lucia Cortese Boggio, who was from Valperga in Northern Italy, had operated a boarding house for miners in nearby Aguilar in the early 1900s. Boggio-Montgomery s ...Story, »

Pet connection Nov. 1, 2009
| The New Mexican
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Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society: Sapkie is a 4-year-old Australian shepherd/husky mix that will warm your heart with her sweet face. Shy at first, this social dog hates being left alone. Toby is a 1-year-old buff tabby who is sweet and l ...Story, »

Public works: State earns praise for work with Latino youth
Gussie Fauntleroy | The New Mexican
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Federal policymakers turned to those with relevant experience to address a recent national conference on Latino youth and education, and one of those asked to speak to the group was New Mexico Education Department Secretary Veronica Garcia. Garc ...Story, »