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A6 ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL FRIDAY, JULY 23, 2021 OBITUARIES Chutkow, John ColinOwens, HarryWeingarten, David H. XX ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL DAY, MONTH XX, 2021 Please visit www.abqjournal.com/obits to sign a guest book, hear audio or share a memory. Harry Owens Harry Owens, beloved husband, father, grandfa- ther, great- a a brother, uncle and dear friend, obtained the ulti- mate independ- ence from this earthly realm and the tremendous freedom to join our Heavenly Fa- ther and those who went be- fore him on July 5, 2021. He was born June 17, 1929 to Hannah Gillen and Scott Owens. He was preceded in death by his parents, grandparents, brother Al- bert (Pat), and numerous other relatives and friends.

He is survived by his lov- ing wife, Barbara (BJ), chil- dren; Debbie (Hal) Hansen of Florida, Harry (Laurie) Owens of Indiana, Lynda Brown of Arizona, Tim (Laurie) Owens of Arizona, Matthew (Demi) Owens of Rio Ran- cho, New Mexico, brother John (Ro- salie) Fanning of Florida, sister Hannah Seeley of New York, sever- al grandchildren, a grandchildren, nieces and neph- ews. A Celebration of his Life will be held on August 4, 2021 at 7:00 p.m., following a brief reception, at Cross of Hope Lutheran Church, 6104 Taylor Ranch Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120. If you plan to at- tend, please wear bright colors, or Yankees apparel, as we will celebrate the life of our favorite Yankee. In lieu of flowers, please donate to your favorite charity in memo- ry. David H.

Weingarten David Weingarten passed on 20 July, 2021 David joined his wife Joan who passed on 11 June, 2015, They will be together forev- er. David served in the US Navy as an Electronic Tech working in Key West Florida From the Navy he returned to his hometown of Glenwood City Wiscon- sin where he met his fu- ture wife Joan. Joan was the nurse who took care of David when he had an accident at the local paper David said that must have liked what she after giving him his penicillin shot. David then when on to at- tend the university of Wis- consin where he was award- ed a BSEE. David then moved to Albu- querque to start a career at Sandia National Labs where he retired after 33 years.

David was involved with the NM wildlife federation and was an avid hunter and fisherman. David and Joan like to travel and spent their re- tirement touring in their RV. David liked to embellish his hunting and fishing ex- ploits and was awarded the trophy of champion prevaricator for stories about the outdoors. Dad you will be missed John Colin Chutkow January 27, 1966- July 23, 2020 John Graduated from Los Alamos High School and earned his degree from the University of New Mexico, and he was a very avid guitarist. You are Remembered with every sunrise and sunset.

Your guitar and music are always with you. I think of you every day. My mind still talks to you and my heart still looks for you. John Chutkow is survived by his mother, Marylou Murdoch. i i a Flowers say it all, Peoples flowers makes the BY PATTY NIEBERG ASSOCIATED REPORT FOR AMERICA DENVER Confronting the historic drought that has a firm grip on the Ameri- can West requires a heavy federal infrastruc- ture investment to protect existing water supplies but also will depend on efforts at all levels of government to reduce demand by promoting water efficiency and recy- cling, U.S.

Interior Secretary Deb Haa- land said Thursday. Haaland told reporters in Denver that the Biden proposed fiscal year 2022 budget includes a $1.5 billion investment in the Bureau of Reclamation, which man- ages water and power in the Western states, and more than $54 million for states, tribes and communities to upgrade infrastructure and water planning projects. just impact one community. It affects all of us from farmers and ranchers to city dwellers and Indian tribes. We all have a role to use water Haa- land said at the start of a three-day visit to Colorado to address the U.S.

response to increasingly scarce water and massive wildfires burn- ing throughout the region. Haaland is a former U.S. congresswoman from Albuquerque. The American West is gripped by the worst drought in modern history, including most of western Colorado. The northern part of the state is experiencing deadly flash flooding and mudslides after rain fell in areas scarred by massive wildfires last year.

Fires are burning across the West, most severely in Ore- gon and California, while the drought stresses major waterways like the Colorado River and reservoirs that sustain millions of people. The drought and recent heat waves in the region that are tied to climate change have made wild- fires harder to fight. Climate change has made the West much warmer and drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires larger and more destructive. Haaland spoke after meeting with Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette, Gov.

Jared Polis and Jim Lochhead, CEO of Denver Water, largest water agency, for a discussion on the drought and possible federal solutions. Among other initiatives, she said the Bureau of Rec- lamation is working to iden- tify and dispense ate, technical and financial assistance for impacted irri- gators and Indian Tanya Trujillo, the depart- assistant secretary for water and science, cited a recent decision to release water from several Upper Colorado River basin reser- voirs to supply Lake Mead and Lake Powell the two manmade reservoirs that store Colorado River water. The reservoirs are shrink- ing faster than expected, spreading panic through- out a region that relies on the river to sustain 40 mil- lion people. Federal officials expect to make the first-ever water shortage declaration in the Colorado River basin next month, prompting cuts in Arizona, Nevada and Mexico. have seen hydrologic projections that are worse than Trujillo said.

three-day stay in Colorado includes her first trip Friday to the Bureau of Land Manage- new headquarters in Grand Junction, estab- lished by the Trump admin- istration in 2019. Haaland: Drought demands investment and conservation Interior chief on visit to Colorado Interior head Deb Haaland As wildfire smoke spreads across US, at risk? BY MATTHEW BROWN ASSOCIATED PRESS BILLINGS, Mont. Smoke from wildfires in the western U.S. and Canada is blanketing much of the continent, including thousands of miles away on the East Coast. And experts say the phenomenon is becoming more common as human- caused global warming stokes big- ger and more intense blazes.

Pollution from smoke reached unhealthy levels this week in com- munities from Washington state to Washington D.C. Get used to it, researchers say. fires are going to be burn- ing all said University of Washington wildfire smoke expert Dan Jaffe. terms of bad air qual- ity, everywhere in the country is to going to be worse than average this Growing scientific research points to potential long-term health damage from breathing in micro- scopic particles of smoke. Authori- ties have scrambled to better pro- tect people from the harmful effects but face challenges in communicat- ing risk to vulnerable communities and people who live very far away from burning forests.

Why so much smoke? Decades of aggressive fire fight- ing allowed dead trees and other fuels to build up in forests. Now climate change is drying the land- scape, making it easier for fires to ignite and spread even as more people move into fire-prone areas. The number of unhealthy air quality days recorded in 2021 by pollution monitors nationwide is more than double the number to date in each of the last two years, according to figures provided to the Associated Press by the Environ- mental Protection Agency. Wild- fires likely are driving much of the increase, officials said. The amount of smoke wildfires spew stems directly from how much land burns more than 4,100 square miles in the U.S.

and 4,800 square miles in Canada so far in 2021. And forecasters warn conditions could worsen as a severe drought afflicts of the West. Wildfire smoke contains hun- dreds of chemical compounds, and many can be harmful in large doses. Health officials use the con- centration of smoke particles in the air to gauge the severity of danger to the public. In bad fire years over the past decade, infernos across the West emitted more than a million tons of the particles annually, accord- ing to U.S.

Forest Service research. Scientists link smoke exposure with long-term health problems including decreased lung func- tion, weakened immune systems and higher rates of flu. In the short term, vulnerable people can be hos- pitalized and sometimes die from excessive smoke, according to phy- sicians and public health officials. When communities burn, the smoke can be especially hazard- ous. The 2018 fire in Paradise, California that killed 85 people and torched 14,000 houses also gener- ated a thick plume blanketing por- tions of Northern California for weeks.

Smoke from burning houses and buildings contains more toxic plastics and other manufactured materials as well as chemicals stored in garages. Where are the fires? More than 60 large wildfires are now burning out of control across the U.S., including 17 in Montana. The largest eastern Bootleg fire has grown to 624 square miles. half the size of Rhode Island, yet fewer than 200 houses and other structures have been confirmed as lost because the fire is burning in a sparsely popu- lated area. More than 200 fires are burning in Manitoba and Ontario, accord- ing to Canadian officials.

Weather patterns and fire intensity determine who gets hit by smoke. Huge fires generate so much heat that they can produce their own clouds that funnel smoke high into the atmosphere. just carries across the coun- try and slowly spreads out, forming sort of this haze layer in the said meteorologist Miles Bliss with the National Weather Service in Medford, Oregon. The combined plume from Cana- da and the U.S. largely passed over parts of the Midwest this week before settling to ground level across an area that stretches from Ohio northeast to New England and south to the Carolinas, air pollution data shows.

Health effects can occur thou- sands of miles from the flames. The smoke loses its tell-tale odor but remains a potential hazard even when it drifts that far, said Jeff Pierce, an atmospheric scientist at Colorado State University. certainly Pierce said of the air along the East Coast in recent days. you have asthma or any sort of respiratory condi- tion, you want to be thinking about changing your plans if going to be People who live close to fires are more likely to be prepared and take precautions, while those who live farther away unwittingly remain exposed, according to a study by Colorado State University epide- miologist Sheryl Magzamen and Pierce. Scientists link exposure to particulates with long-term health and lung problems SOURCE: BOOTLEG FIRE INCIDENT COMMAND The Bootleg Fire smoulders in southern Oregon on Saturday.

The destructive blaze, one of the largest in modern Oregon history, has already burned more than 476 square miles. Morgan, despite his outgoing on-air and public persona, was Roper said. he working on weather, he would be in his office drawing or working on his Gardenlore books. He was very self-contained and comfortable with his own After she became the general manager, Roper said she looked at market research and dis- covered that No. 1 TV personality in the mar- ket was That surprise daughter Vicki Morgan, who said everybody loved her father.

was the most wonderful dad in the she said. thought through everything, inside and When she and her siblings were little, her father a little bit strict because the way it was in those days, but he made sure that we had every- thing we In addition to daughter Vicki, Morgan is also sur- vived by daughter Yvonne Sandoval and son Gregg Morgan, all of Albuquerque; sons Kent Morgan and Mike Morgan, of Utah; son Mark Morgan of Idaho; 14 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild. Funeral arrangements are pending. Realty company owner is arrested made an appointment and Taylor then told him he would to leave and leave The two and the tenant refused to leave, telling Taylor he would to be physically removed from The man told police Taylor then pulled a gun out, cocked it, pointed it at his chest and said get He said he was afraid of getting shot and left the office to call police. According to the Elevated Management Group website, Taylor founded that company along with Rhino Realty Property Management and Venture Realty Group.

The website calls Taylor an of com- mitment, excellence and entrepreneurial who to stand by her From PAGE A5 From PAGE A5 TV icon Morgan dies at age 91.