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BY RAFFI TAPANIAN Van is a city that is currently in Turkey’s Van Province on the eastern side of the Republic of Turkey, located around Lake Van. This city has a long history of being populated by thousands of Armenians in the past 3,000 years under the various Armenian kingdoms and foreign empires, but following the Armenian Genocide of 1915 perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire, the Armenian population has vanished. Along with the erasure of the Armenian population of Van, the erasure of thousands of years of Armenian heritage has and continues to take place. Cultural genocide. *** Photo by ...

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CATCHES OF THE WEEK Marcus Gallegos, of Los Lunas, caught a 19-inch rainbow trout at Canjilon Lakes using orange PowerBait on May 20. Zeke Acosta, 7, of Albuquerque, caught his first fish, a 12-inch white bass, at Conchas Lake using a bright chartreuse and orange spinner May 23. Aiden Zook, of Corona, caught and released a half-pound albino catfish at Corona Pond using raw chicken May 27. Makenzie, Oliver and Penelope Fitzgerald, ages 13, 7, and 5, of Amarillo, Texas, caught a 21-inch rainbow trout at Eagle Nest Lake using salmon peach PowerBait on May 21. Alex Flores, 11, of Las Cruces, cau...

CATCHES OF THE WEEK Zoe Avalos, 8, of Albuquerque, caught a 15-inch largemouth bass at Bosque Redondo Lake using a hotdog May 24. Caiden Davis, 12, of Rio Rancho, caught a 17.5-inch rainbow trout on the Cimarron River using PowerBait at the Gravel Pit Ponds on May 22. Miguel Gallegos, 5, of Taos, caught a 20-inch rainbow trout at Eagle Nest Lake using grape nymph PowerBait on May 16. Jeneva Gallegos, 14, of Ranchos de Taos, caught a 22-inch rainbow trout using a black and white jig May 16. Shane Mestas, of Albuquerque, caught a 16-inch kokanee salmon using a Daredevil spoon May 16. Bryan S...