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Postmaster: Send address changes to Customer Service, PO Box 62670, San Angelo, TX 76906 In Memoriam KIRTLAND JessieMae Palmer, a long-time res- ident of Kirtland, NM, was born February 3, 1931 in Chandler, AZ, toWilliam Oscar Clouse and Edith Jones Clouse. As a young child, she moved with her family to Virden, NM, where she lived until she went to college. Jessie received a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from Brigham Young University. She worked as a business teacher at Kirtland High School and later as the Medical Records Administrator at SJRMC for over 30 years. She married Richard A.

Palmer December 29, 1977. Jessie en- joyed her career and had an amazing work ethic, but her greatest joy in life came from her family and her service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jessie passed away peacefully on April 9, 2021 at the age of 90 in her home in Kirtland. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Laurance, Sterling, Charles, and Merlin Clouse, her husband Jim, daughter Wendalyn Marlene, and sons ScottWilliam and JimmyMichael. She is survived her daughters Marla (Jeff) Smaka of Kirtland and Maridee (Boyd) Hunter of Elmira, NY, and son Mark Palmer of Kirtland.

She has 21 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. A sister, Irene Pope, lives in Utah. Jessie Mae Palmer Kelly is this week observing her TENTH Heavenly Birthday! She was born 3-26-64, during Holy week. She entered Heaven on 4-23-11, during Holy Week. She is loved and deeply missed by her mother, Lynn Trudeau and brother, Neil Stagen and family, all of Albuquerque; and her daughter, Ashley and son, Tyler and their families, all of Las Cruces.

In Loving Memory of Kelly Lynn Stagen Obituaries Bedah, Sterling 33 Kirtland 09-Apr Cope Memorial Kirtland Chapel Mariano, Wilma J. 63 Sheepsprings 13-Apr Cope Memorial Kirtland Chapel Jessie Mae 90 Kirtland 09-Apr Farmington Funeral Home Additional information in display obituaries Obituaries appear in print and online at www.legacy.com/obituaries/Daily-Times OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES Name Age Town, State Death Date Arrangements highly trained drug detection dogs whose specialized services will be no longer required in New Mexico. Hebbe and Ferrari discussed with The Daily Times potential and unintended they fear may arise from the historic measure approved during a spe- cial session at the Roundhouse. Unknowns worry those who keep order what is clear: The measure will allow those 21 years old and old- er to possess up to 2 ounces or 56 grams of mari- juana on their person. People may start growing cannabis plants at home on June 29.

Sales of recreational marijuana are set to launch before April 1 of next year. Among the things that are unclear, police say, is how they can gather evidence of marijuana intoxica- tion that will stand up in court, how in the can easily between legally purchased pot and pot grown illegally, and the quality-of-life issues and legalization may bring. Hebbe said he oppose the legalization of rec- reational marijuana, he just think the law ad- dresses some problems that will arise. Hebbe said the amount of THC a person can have in their system while driving legally for DWI arrests. He added his biggest concern is if the legislation puts the public at risk for more people driving under the of marijuana.

Hebbe said that even if police wish to seek a search warrant for a blood to test, state law prohibits low-level DWI from being subject to a blood draw until a felony-level other words, for a we will not get the evidence that demonstrates whether or not they really were under the make the arrest, and the case will be Hebbe said. The marijuana smell will no longer tell One of concerns about the law is that it removes a well-used tool of law enforcement: the odor of marijuana no longer provides probable cause or reasonable suspicion to detain someone, or to seek a search warrant. Ferrari was very when he said law en- forcement need to smell the odor of burnt marijuana in order to ask the driver if they have been smoking cannabis while driving. have legislators that law enforcement They make a lot of decisions on our behalf, yet never set foot in a cruiser and they understand the issues that faced Fer- rari said. Ferrari said retraining deputies in a new way of identifying if people are driving under the of marijuana will be required of the San Juan County but that task arrived at their door- step as an unfunded mandate.

As for an increased number of calls for service, Ferrari believes there will be an increase in calls relat- ed to recreational marijuana, with some of them per- taining to quality-of-life issues. Some of those complaints could include people complaining about the odor of marijuana smoke and people possibly selling marijuana illegally. Ferrari said it can be tough telling the between le- gal and illegal marijuana. Ferrari used as an example putting two heads of lettuce next to each other and asking people to iden- tify which one was grown in New Mexico while de- scribing the of between dif- ferent types of cannabis. Few busts for small marijuana stashes Hebbe said Farmington police been mak- ing a lot of low-level, small-quantity arrests for mari- juana, as largely been decriminalized, and he ex- pects the number of those arrests to drop.

really is happening in New Mexico now is we went from decriminalized, which is the police make that many arrests, where to say, actually, just legal, you can go ahead and do Hebbe said. One unintended impact on law enforcement is the possible retirement of a number of dogs in the K9 program who are trained to detect the scent of mari- juana. The Farmington Police Department is working on purchasing a couple of new K9s that will not be trained to detect cannabis, according to Hebbe. far as the dogs we have right now. I know that you can untrain them.

possible that we will just not be able to use those dogs for any drug detec- tion Hebbe said. Joshua Kellogg covers breaking news for The Daily Times. He can be reached at 505-564-4627 or via email at Support local journalism with a digital subscrip- tion: http://bit.ly/2I6TU0e Marijuana Continued from Page 1A All nine schools were voluntarily closed by district The state of New Mexico has only ordered two schools statewide in 2021 to close due to COVID-19 cases. Eldorado High School in Albuquerque was closed on April 12 and Mesilla Valley Christian School in Las Cruces was closed on Feb. 9, according to the New Mexico Public Education Department.

Joshua Kellogg covers breaking news for The Daily Times. He can be reached at 505-564-4627 or via email at Support local journalism with a digital subscrip- tion: http://bit.ly/2I6TU0e Remote Continued from Page 1A ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that will determine who is eligible to receive more than $530 million in federal virus relief funding set aside for tribes more than a year ago. More than a dozen Native American tribes sued the U.S.

Treasury Department to keep the money out of the hands of Alaska Native corporations, which provide ser- vices to Alaska Natives but do not have a government-to- government relationship with the United States. The question raised in the case set for oral arguments Monday is whether the corporations are tribes for purpos- es of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, which under a 1975 law meant to strengthen their abilities to govern themselves. The case has practical impacts. Native Americans have been disproportionately sickened and killed by the pan- demic despite extreme precautions that included cur- fews, roadblocks, universal testing and business closures and historically have had limited resources. About $530 million of the $8 billion set aside for tribes been distributed.

it also seems to me there have been bigger con- ceptual questions posed about who or what is an Indian tribe that have come out of this particular case and con- said Monte Mills, director of the Indian Law Clinic at the University of Montana. think really been the source of a lot of concern or Lower courts have parsed language in the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act, other fed- eral laws and congressional intent, and arrived at ent conclusions. A U.S. District Court found Alaska Native corporations can be treated as tribes for limited purposes, while a federal appeals court said not eligible for the CARES Act funding. The corporations, formed under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, own most of the Native land in the state and serve as economic engines for Alaska Natives who are shareholders by birthright.

The corporations also have non-Native shareholders. argued that a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court could have broad impacts for services they provide to Alaska Natives. The Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act is incorporated into dozens of statutes that cover language preservation, education, workforce development, economic development, hous- ing and health care. It allows tribal governments or other entities on behalf of tribal governments to provide those types of services under contract with the federal government to Native Americans and Alaska Natives.

The corporations argue they are interconnected with Alaska Native villages that able to reach everyone, particularly in more urban areas of Alaska. feels a little bit like standing at the edge of a and we may fall the fact that our services that we have relied upon for more than 40 years will potentially be gone based on a decision of this said Jaeleen Kookesh, an enrolled member of the Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska who works for Sealaska Corp. just feels like we may fall and have nothing left to catch High court takes up case on virus relief funding for tribes Felicia Fonseca ASSOCIATED PRESS A woman walks before dawn in Toksook Bay, Alaska, a mostly village on the edge of the Bering Sea. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case that will determine who is eligible to receive more than $530 million in federal virus relief funding set aside for tribes more than a year ago.

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