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Martinez won’t give up on repeal; issue likely to impact governor’s race

By Steve Terrell The New Mexican

Although Gov. Susana Martinez hasn’t yet released the list of measures she plans to introduce during the next legislative session, one item

definitely will be on the list: She will once again push to repeal the law that allows the state to issue driver’s licenses to immigrants who are living in the country illegally.

The 30-day session, which begins Jan. 21, will be focused on the state budget, but the governor can introduce items that are not related to budget issues.

Carlos Deoses energizes a crowd rallying in support of driver’s licenses for immigrants during the 2013 legislative session outside the state Capitol.

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A BITING BLAST OF WINTER Bundle up — cold snap, snow promise to put chill on weekend events

LANL worker sues lab, ex-boss After criminal charges are dropped in assault case, couple file lawsuit

By Chris Quintana The New Mexican

Linda Milbourn, managing director of the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, and Robert Hiller dance to the band Buffalo Nickle on Wednesday during a preview party for GLOW, a winter lights festival, on Museum Hill as temperatures dropped to near freezing. An arctic blast moving into New Mexico Wednesday was expected to bring below-freezing temperatures and some snow. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN Staff and wire reports

A woman walks her dog in Denver on Wednesday as temperatures hovered around 8 degrees.

A wintry storm pushing through the Rockies and Midwest is bringing bitterly cold temperatures to much of the U.S., and has caused several traffic fatalities.

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he jet stream hunkered to the south Wednesday, promising to bring nearly a week of temperatures that could drop to 20-below or worse in the northern midsection of the country, and forcing much of the rest of the nation to deal with unexpectedly frigid temperatures.

In New Mexico, forecasters predicted temperatures would dip into the mid-20s overnight in Santa Fe County, with the possibility of an inch or two of snow in some areas by morning. Thursday’s forecast called for a 40 percent chance of snow and a high temperature just below freezing. Overnight temperatures in Santa Fe County were expected to plummet into the teens through the weekend.

The arctic blast promises to put a chill on outdoor holiday events in New Mexico, such as the GLOW winter lights festival at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden on Museum Hill — where visitors braved the cold for an opening preview party Wednesday eve-

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Hispanics missing in federal workforce Learning to speak language of dogs Wags and barks speak volumes, but don’t miss clues in the eyes and ears. SCOOP, A-9

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By Emily Wax-Thibodeaux The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Iraq War veteran Chris Gomez, a Mexican American, was sure he was a perfect candidate for a government job. He had a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and was still serving in the Army Reserve as a sergeant first class.

For two years, month after month, he sent off applications to the Labor Department, the Bureau of Prisons and other federal agencies. They seemed to disappear.

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Where to? He didn’t know. He was never sure whom to call or how to follow up.

“I almost gave up,” Gomez said.

With a wave of government retirements opening the way for a new generation of federal employees, Hispanic Americans, the nation’s fastest-growing minority group, remain chronically underrepresented in the government. And Hispanics say in large part that they are hamstrung because they lack the kind of contacts

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A Los Alamos National Laboratory employee and her husband are suing the lab and her former division director, who retired earlier this year after he was charged in Los Alamos Magistrate Court with assaulting her.

Santa Fe attorney John Day filed the lawsuit in state Anthony District Court Stanford on Wednesday, a day after the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office dropped criminal charges against Anthony “Tony” Stanford, 56, who was accused of making sexual remarks about Erika Gorman, offering her a promotion in exchange for sex and pinning her in an elevator, among other offenses, while he was her boss at the lab.

Assistant District Attorney Kent Wahlquist said Wednesday that Stanford already had lost his job and had moved to Florida, and that the crimi-

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Obituaries Abelino J. Montoya Sr., 92, Nov. 30 Geneva Inez Gurule (GeeGee), 53, Dec. 2 Lena LeFebre, Santa Fe, Nov. 30 Marcia Mendoza-Ortiz, 45, Nov. 29 PAGE A-10

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Attorney: Engineer in ‘daze’ before derailment YONKERS, N.Y. — An engineer whose speeding commuter train ran off the rails along a curve, killing four people, experienced a hypnotic-like daze and nodded at the controls before he suddenly realized something was wrong and hit the brakes, a lawyer said as a federal regulator called for the railroad to make immediate safety improvements. William Rockefeller, who was operating the Metro-North Railroad train, experienced a nod or “a daze,” almost like road fatigue or the phenomenon sometimes called highway hypnosis, said attorney Jeffrey Chartier, who accompanied the engineer to his interview with National Transportation Safety Board investigators Tuesday.

NOAA: 10 stranded whales dead in Florida EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. — Wildlife workers in boats struggled Wednesday to coax nearly four dozen pilot whales out of dangerous shallow waters in Florida’s Everglades National Park, hoping to spare them the fate of 10 others that already have died.

Six of the whales were found dead, and four of the whales had to be euthanized Wednesday, said Blair Mase, coordinator

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Fast-food workers are poised to walk off the job in 100 cities Thursday, the latest action in a nationwide push for a $15-an-hour wage.

Organizers said Thursday’s one-day job action will be backed by protests in 100 other cities by social justice groups that support the fast-food workers’ demands.

“There is a huge amount of support and enthusiasm for this,” said Ezra Tempko of the Delaware chapter of the Americans for Democratic Action, which is supporting workers who plan to walk out in Wilmington, Del. “The only push back is that folks were worried about what repercussions there might be for workers.”

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TREE AT THE CENTER With a flick of the switch, a 76-foot Norway Spruce officially became the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree Wednesday night in New York City after it was illuminated for the first time this holiday season in a ceremony that’s been held since 1933. Mayor Michael Bloomberg turned on the lights, setting off a dazzling 45,000 multicolored LED lights and a 9½-foot-wide Swarovski star that topped the 12-ton tree. The tree will be on display until Jan. 7. Then it will be milled into lumber for Habitat for Humanity. KATHY WILLENS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s marine mammal stranding network. At least three could be seen on the beach, out of the water.

The whales are stranded in a remote area near Highland Beach, the western boundary of Everglades National Park and about 20 miles east of where they normally live.

World boxing champion leads Ukraine’s protests KIEV, Ukraine — Towering over his fellow protest leaders, Vitali Klitschko, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, has emerged as Ukraine’s most popular opposition figure and has ambitions to become its next president.

Thanks to his sports-hero status and reputation as a pro-Western politician untainted

by Ukraine’s frequent corruption scandals, the 6-foot 7-inch Klitschko has surpassed jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in opinion polls. As massive anti-government protests continue to grip Ukraine, the 42-year-old boxer-turned-politician is urging his countrymen to continue their fight

The protests began in November 2012, when about 200 fast-food workers walked away from their jobs at 30 restaurants in New York City. Since then, the walkouts have expanded across the country and joined with a broader movement to increase pay for lowwage employees of retail chains and federal contractors, among others.

“The workers realized that the only way they could gain something was by taking dramatic action,” said Kendall Fells, organizing director for Fast Food Forward, which helped organize the initial New York walkout.

Organizers say few workers have been punished for the walkouts and that some have even been rewarded with slightly higher pay and more regular shifts. Also, several states and localities have raised their minimum wages. On Tuesday, the D.C. Council

to turn this ex-Soviet republic into a genuine Western democracy.

Healthcare.gov sees enrollment jump WASHINGTON — In the clearest sign yet that the federal health insurance website is vastly improved, about 29,000 people enrolled in insurance plans in the first two days of this week, exceeding the number of enrollments on the site in all of October.

The 29,000 figure tallies the number of people able to select health plans Sunday and Monday, the 48-hour window after the administration’s deadline for making major repairs to the healthcare.gov website.

Despite the surge in enrollment, insurance industry officials also remain deeply concerned that the consumer information the site is sending insurers is still not reliable.

Administration officials have claimed in recent days that they have fixed software bugs responsible for the transmission of erroneous consumer data.

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endorsed a $3.25 hike in the District of Columbia’s minimum wage, to $11.50 an hour. The measure needs final approval from the council and Washington’s mayor.

President Barack Obama has endorsed raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10 an hour after previously calling for an increase to $9.

Still, the wage proposal has not progressed in Congress, despite strong support in public opinion polls, and widespread wage increases have proved elusive. Representatives of fast-food restaurant owners say that they cannot afford to pay rank-and-file workers — who earn a median wage of just under $9 an hour, according to one study — substantially more because of fierce price competition, which typically leaves franchisees operating on thin profit margins.

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Senior Hezbollah leader assassinated in Beirut BAALBEK, Lebanon — The attackers waited in an olive grove around midnight. As the Hezbollah commander pulled into the garage of his nearby apartment building, they went in after him. Five bullets were pumped into his head and neck from a silencerequipped pistol — an assassination that reverberated across the Middle East.

The killing early Wednesday of Hassan al-Laqis, described as a member of the inner circle of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, was the latest in a series of recent attacks against the Iranian-backed group.

Hezbollah blamed Israel, which denied involvement. However, the Shiite militant group’s open support of Syrian President Bashar Assad has enraged Sunnis and left it with no shortage of enemies eager to strike at its strongholds and leadership.

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SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge should strike down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban because the precedent has been set by the U.S. Supreme Court and discrimination has gone on long enough, an attorney for three gay couples challenging the 2004 voterpassed law argued Wednesday.

During a nearly four-hour hearing in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City, lawyer Peggy Tomsic contended marriage is a fundamental right protected by the U.S. Constitution.

“This case embodies the civil rights movement of our time,” Tomsic said. “This is the time and this is the place for this court to make it clear that the 14th Amendment is alive and well, even in Utah.”

About 100 people packed the courtroom in the city that is home to the Mormon Church, known for its efforts in helping California pass its anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby heard arguments from both sides as he weighed what will be a precedent-setting decision that he hopes to make by early next year.

His ruling would be the first on a state same-sex marriage ban since the Supreme Court last summer struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act, which stipulated that marriage was between a man and woman.

Attorneys for the state asserted it is not the courts’ role to determine how a state defines marriage, and that the Supreme Court ruling doesn’t give same-sex couples the universal right to marry.

They also reinforced the state’s argument that Utah has a right to foster a culture of “responsible procreation,” and the “optimal mode of child-rearing,” which the state believes the law does.

“There is nothing unusual about what Utah is doing here,” said Stanford Purser of the Utah Attorney General’s Office, objecting to the notion that the law is rooted in bigotry or hatred. “That’s the nature of legislation: You draw lines and make designations.”

Though more than 40 similar court challenges to same-sex marriage bans are pending in 22 states, Utah’s is among the most closely watched because of the state’s history of staunch opposition to gay marriage, said Jon Davidson, director of Lambda Legal, which pursues litigation on a wide range of LGBT issues across the country.

Utah is home to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which believes homosexuality is a sin.

The state was among the first to pass a state amendment banning same-sex marriage, Davidson said.

“Utah has a particularly symbolic position in the history of the struggle of same-sex couples to be able to marry,” Davidson said.

Shelby, who took the bench in September 2012, asked dozens of questions to both attorneys. He said afterward that he had his “hands full” with the case but vowed to do his best to make a ruling by early January.

Much of the hearing focused on the state’s premise that the law helps promote procreation. Shelby grilled the state’s attorneys on the connection between banning same-sex marriage and the number of babies born to heterosexual couples.

“How is it by excluding same-sex couples from marrying you’re increasing procreation?” Shelby asked.

Purser declined to answer directly, saying the issue was irrelevant in this case. Pressed, he said nobody knows yet the effects of same-sex marriage on heterosexual marriage.

Shelby also questioned if having children is essential to a person being able to take advantage of the constitutional right to marriage, proving his point by asking the state attorneys if Utah would consider giving fertilization tests before granting marriage licenses. He also asked how allowing a heterosexual post-menopausal woman to marry was different than allowing a gay or lesbian couple to wed.

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WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency tracks the locations of nearly 5 billion cellphones every day overseas, including those belonging to Americans abroad, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

The NSA gathers the location records of “tens of millions of Americans who travel abroad” annually, along with the billions of other records it collects by tapping into worldwide mobile network cables, the newspaper said.

Such data means the NSA can track the movements of almost any cellphone around the world, and map the relationships of the cellphone user.

The Post said a powerful analytic computer program called CO-TRAVELER crunches the data of billions of unsuspecting people, building patterns of relationships between them by where their phones go.

That can reveal a previously unknown terrorist suspect, in guilt by cellphone-location association, for instance.

As the NSA doesn’t know which part of the data it might need, the agency keeps up to 27 terabytes, or more than double the text content of the Library of Congress’ print collection, The Post said. A 2012 internal NSA document said the volumes of data from the location program were “outpacing our ability to ingest, process and store” it, the newspaper said.

The program is detailed in documents given to the newspaper by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden. The Post also quotes unidentified NSA officials, saying they spoke with the permission of their agency.

The DNI’s general counsel, Robert Litt, has said that NSA does not intentionally gather bulk location data on U.S. cellphones inside the United States — but NSA Director Keith Alexander testified before Congress his agency ran tests in 2010 and 2011 on “samples” of U.S. cell-site data to see if it was technically possible to plug such data into NSA analysis systems. Alexander said that the information was never used for intelligence purposes and that the testing was reported to intelligence panels.

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911 calls reveal chaos at Sandy Hook posted Wednesday. Calls that Danbury News-Times, said there were routed to state police are was no need to play the tapes the subject of a separate, pendon the radio or television. ing freedom of information “I think there’s a big differrequest by the Associated Press. ence between secrecy and priChristina Hassinger, the vacy,” she said. “We have these

By Jack Gillum daughter of slain Sandy Hook laws so government isn’t secret, and Michael Melia Dispatcher responding to frantic call during massacre principal Dawn Hochsprung, not so we’re invading victims’ The Associated Press praised the efforts of Thorne privacy.”

HARTFORD, Conn. — As and the teachers who protected On the day of the shooting, began firing down a hallway. ground. “Still, it’s still going on!” gunfire boomed over and over their students. the AP requested 911 calls and One of the first callers to Within 11 minutes of enterin the background, a janitor “The ability of the Sandy police reports, as it and other Newtown police was a woman ing the school, Lanza had fatally begged a 911 dispatcher to send who said in a trembling, outHook teachers to keep calm in news organizations routinely do shot 20 children and six educahelp, saying, “There’s still shoot- of-breath voice: “I think there’s order to reassure their students in their newsgathering. tors with a semi-automatic rifle. during the most frightening ing going on! Please!” A woman somebody shooting in here at The prosecutor in charge Lanza also killed his mother in time of their young lives was of the Newtown investigation, breathlessly reported seeing a Sandy Hook school.” their Newtown home before amazing. My mom would be State’s Attorney Stephen Sedgunman run down a hall. And a Asked what made her think driving to the school. He comensky III, argued that releasing teacher said she was holed up in so, she said: “Because somemitted suicide as police closed in. proud,” Hassinger said.

Teresa Rousseau, whose the tapes could cause pain for her classroom with her children body’s got a gun. I caught a Newtown police officers daughter Lauren was among the victims’ families, hurt the but hadn’t yet locked the door. glimpse of somebody. They’re arrived at the school within four the six educators killed, said investigation, subject witnesses Recordings of 911 calls running down the hallway. Oh, minutes of the first 911 call, but she hadn’t listened to the tapes: to harassment and violate the from last year’s Sandy Hook they’re still running. They’re nearly six more minutes passed “The way we keep our sanity is rights of survivors who deserve Elementary School shooting still shooting. Sandy Hook before they entered the building to start ignoring this stuff.” special protection as victims of were released Wednesday, and school, please.” while they sorted out concerns Rousseau, an editor at the child abuse. they not only paint a picture of Another woman, who was over a possible second shooter, anguish and tension inside the shot in the foot, calmly reported according to a prosecutor’s COME TO JEWEL MARK, JAQUELINE’S PLACE AND CAFFE GRECO ON CANYON RD building, they also show Newthat she was in a classroom with report issued last week.

GET ALL OF YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING DONE IN ONE MAGICAL STOP town dispatchers mobilizing children and two other adults, It’s not clear whether the help, reassuring callers and urg- but that there was no way to delay made a difference because ing them to take cover. safely lock the door. The disLanza killed himself one minute “Keep everybody calm. Keep patcher told her to apply presafter the first officer arrived everybody down. Get everysure to the wound. on the scene, according to the body away from windows, OK?” “OK, are you OK right now?” report. one dispatcher told the frightthe dispatcher asked.

In one of the recordings ened teacher who reported The woman answered: “For released Wednesday, dispatchhearing shots in the hall. now, hopefully.” ers were heard making three The calls were made public Another call came from a cus- calls to Connecticut state police under a court order despite todian, Rick Thorne, who said that apparently rang unanarguments from prosecutors that a window at the front of the swered. that releasing the recordings school was shattered and that But state police had already would only cause more anguish he kept hearing shooting. been dispatched to the school for the victims’ families.

While on the line with by the time those calls were The gunman, 20-year-old Thorne, the dispatcher told Jacqueline’s made, according to a timeline Adam Lanza, shot his way somebody else: “Get everyone Place and call log supplied by Newthrough a plate-glass window at you can going down there.” town officials. the front of the school on Dec. Thorne remained on the In all, seven recordings of 14. phone for several minutes. landline calls from inside the The office staff saw the “There’s still shooting going school to Newtown police were shooter, who was wearing a hat on! Please!” the custodian Caffe Greco Open Daily 7:30AM – 8PM and sunglasses, as he entered pleaded as six or seven shots the building with a rifle and could be heard in the back-

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Winter: Storm blamed for several traffic fatalities Continued from Page A-1 ning, with temperatures dropping to near freezing just after dark — and the River of Lights at the ABQ BioPark’s Botanic Garden on Central Avenue in Albuquerque.

As the mass of arctic air moved into New Mexico on Wednesday, the city of Santa Fe experienced winds of 25 to 40 mph and gusts from the southwest of up to 60 mph.

As winds picked up in the canyon east of the city — reported at 10 to 18 mph — Santa Fe National Forest officials stopped igniting piles of slash in the Santa Fe Watershed, where a 35-acre controlled burn was completed. The agency said no additional burning is planned in the area this week, but residual smoke will be visible for a few days.

The dip in the jet stream is allowing arctic air to plunge deeper into the United States. AccuWeather senior forecaster Paul Walker said he expected a storm to develop in New Mexico and West Texas on Thursday and head east, bringing ice and possible power outages.

Reports said the dense, cold air mass sunk into Rocky Mountain valleys and kept some lower elevations below freezing in the West. Extreme cold is nothing new in the Rockies, with temperatures regularly dropping each winter to minus 20 or minus 25 degrees annually. The difference this year is how long the cold snap is expected to last.

National Weather Service meteorologist Dave Bernhardt said the last extended cold period in Montana he could recall was in the winter of 1996.

Low temperatures in Denver are expected to drop just below zero through

Man arrested after standoff Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputies called out the SWAT team Tuesday to arrest a man suspected of domestic violence, according to a Wednesday news release.

County deputies arrested Jerome Edwards, 37, 86 B Cochiti West, following a twohour standoff at his home, the release stated. It also said Edwards refused to cooperate with SWAT negotiators, so the tactical team fired tear gas canisters into the home. The man, 37, then left the home unarmed, and county deputies arrested him on charges of aggravated battery on a household member and false imprisonment, the release stated.

A woman reportedly had arrived at the sheriff’s office earlier Tuesday, claiming she had been battered and held against her will by Edwards, who was found guilty of kidnapping, child abuse and battery against a household member in 2007. He is being held at the Santa Fe County jail.

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Friday but remain below 20 through the middle of next week. The storm had already dumped several inches of snow in Denver by Wednesday, and parts of Colorado’s mountains were predicted to get up to 3 feet by the end of the day. Heavy overnight snow canceled a men’s World Cup downhill training in Beaver Creek because the skiers need a clean, slick surface to practice on.

Snowfall totals could also approach 3 feet in northeastern Minnesota, where the weather has contributed to hundreds of traffic accidents around the state, including at least five fatal crashes since Monday. Two other fatal crashes in Montana and North Dakota were blamed on the weather.

The risk of frostbite is high for people doing every day activities, like waiting for a bus, unless they’re bundled up.

In a switch from the norm, lower-elevation valleys could see lower temperatures than the mountains in the West.

“It actually gets a little warmer as you go higher up in the mountains because cold air tends to be dense and heavy, so it may cool faster up in the mountains but then it just flows downhill and pools in the valley,” said Richard Emanuel, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Cheyenne.

In California’s Central Valley, temperatures dropped into the upper 20s overnight into Wednesday, not enough to cause any damage to citrus crops.

Citrus farmers, however, were anticipating colder temperatures overnight and Thursday and are continuing to take precautions, said Bob Blakely, of California Citrus Mutual.

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The GLOW winter lights event at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden on Museum Hill, shown on a chilly Wednesday evening during a preview party, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday for five weekends. The cost is $5 for members and $8 for nonmembers. Children under 12 are free. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN

Lab: Accused of negligent supervision Continued from Page A-1 nal justice system couldn’t do more to protect Gorman.

Stanford had been charged with two misdemeanor counts of battery and two misdemeanor counts of assault.

Day said he and his clients, Erika and William Gorman, agreed with the district attorney’s decision to avoid a criminal trial in the case, noting that a civil suit would be less stressful for the couple, who both are employed by the lab.

The couple’s lawsuit seeks damages from Stanford on claims of assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The suit also claims that LANL is liable for “negligent hiring, negligent supervision and negligent retention of Stanford.”

Day cited the lab’s delay in taking action against Stanford after Erika Gorman reported his behavior to his supervisor in August 2012. She continued to report his actions through the end of the year, the lawsuit states, but higher-ups “did nothing to stop Stanford from harassing Ms. Gorman.” Day said Stanford’s harassment didn’t stop until Erika Gorman reported him to the Los Alamos Police Department in January and obtained a restraining order. “The lab sent a message to its female employees: ‘Toughen up and stop whining.’ ” Day said. “And that’s unacceptable.”

Day also criticized the lab’s decision to let Stanford retire with full benefits. He said the action rewarded Stanford for “behaving like a pig.” Day previously has said that Stanford was given the option of being fired or retiring early, and that he chose the latter. LANL officials have declined to comment on the circumstances

of Stanford’s departure. LANL spokesman Kevin Roark said lab officials hadn’t seen the Gormans’ lawsuit and don’t comment on pending litigation.

Stanford was director of the lab’s Emergency Services Division and was in charge of briefing officials during the Las Conchas Fire in 2011.

The lawsuit claims the harassment began in June 2012, when Stanford, who was transferred to Erika Gorman’s department, allegedly told her he would “pursue her hard” if she wasn’t married. The suit says he continued to pursue her, despite her insistence that she was “happily married” and was not interested in his advances.

The lawsuit also states that Stanford repeatedly offered Erika Gorman a promotion or “to buy her whatever she wanted” in exchange for “sex.”

The lawsuit claims Stanford began asking Erika Gorman for sex multiple times a day, and that he started making increasingly sexual remarks about her appearance. Stanford also reportedly “pinned Ms. Gorman” in an elevator and tried to kiss her. She escaped and yelled at him, the suit says, but he reportedly responded, “You can’t blame a guy for trying.”

The suit also describes incidents in which Stanford “ordered” Erika Gorman to join him when he drove to off-site locations. During these trips, the suit says, Stanford “would put his hand on Ms. Gorman’s thigh and other parts of the body.”

The lawsuit claims Stanford cornered Erika Gorman a second time following a Christmas party, although she managed to get away from him. The suit also alleges Stanford called Erika Gorman a “prostitute.”

Attempts to reach Stanford on Wednesday were unsuccessful.

The governor’s deputy chief of staff, Scott Darnell, noted this week that Martinez, who will seek another four-year term in 2014, has pledged to keep trying to pass the driver’s license bill as long as she is governor.

Martinez’s driver’s license bill has been one of the more controversial and divisive measures debated in the Roundhouse in recent years. It has failed in the Legislature during the past three regular sessions. But whether or not it passes in 2014, the issue of driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants is bound to become a wedge issue in the gubernatorial campaign and several legislative races.

House Republican Whip Nate Gentry of Albuquerque told The New Mexican on Wednesday he believes Martinez now has the numbers to push the measure through the House.

But Gentry admitted that getting the driver’s license bill through the Senate, where Democrats have firmer control, could be tough. The House has 37 Democrats and 33 Republicans, while Democrats have a 25-17 edge in the Senate.

Gentry said Martinez’s recent appointment of Republican Vickie Perea of Belen to complete the term of the late Santa Fe Democrat Stephen Easley tips the political makeup of the House in favor of the driver’s license bill.

In the session held early this year, House Republicans and a handful of Democratic supporters failed by one vote to “blast” House Bill 606 out of committee and onto the House floor. The bill died in the House Appropriations and Finance Committee.

Easley, who died in August, voted to keep the bill off the floor, while conservative Perea presumably could vote to “blast” it in the upcoming session.

Rep. Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, a longtime opponent of the bill, said Wednesday, “I’m disappointed that the governor continues to push to take driver’s licenses away from people who need them to take their kids to school and to go to work. … Her job is to make it easier on the lives of New Mexicans, and I don’t see how it improves the lives of some New Mexican kids to take away their parents’ driver’s licenses.”

Egolf also said it’s a waste of time to debate the driver’s license bill during a short, 30-day session, which mainly is devoted to passing a state budget.

When Martinez first began her effort to repeal the law — which was passed under her predecessor, Bill Richardson, in 2003 — New Mexico was one of only three states to issue licenses to undocumented residents.

But since that time, several other states have adopted such laws, bringing the total to 11 states and Washington, D.C., according to the National Immigration Law Center. Many of those other states, however, issue different types of licenses to immigrants who are living in the country illegally.

Contact Steve Terrell at sterrell@ sfnewmexican.com. Read his political blog at roundhouseroundup.com.

Workforce: Just 8.2 percent of federal employees are Hispanic Continued from Page A-1 and networks that have helped African Americans secure federal jobs.

In the years after President John F. Kennedy tried to make government a model of fair hiring practices, African American fraternities and sororities — known as the “Divine Nine” — along with mentoring programs and fellowships helped unlock federal jobs and carve out a path to the middle class for hundreds of thousands of blacks.

African American families often have become their own networks, and it is common, especially in Washington, to find multiple relatives across several generations all working for the government.

Hispanic American advocates say they are struggling to learn from that success. A Latino Magazine.com article put it this way: “Tio Sam has not yet been able to make any real progress.”

The numbers are stark. Just 8.2 percent of about 1.9 million federal workers are Hispanic, compared with 15 percent in the private sector, according to an Office of Personnel Management report released in September. By contrast, African Americans make up 18.2 percent of the federal workforce, nearly double their percentage in the private sector. (Hispanics represent 13 percent of the U.S. population, while African Americans make up 17 percent, according to the Census Bureau.)

“Our community could be way ahead financially if we were able to participate in federal government hiring the way African Americans did,” said Edward Valenzuela, co-chairman of the national Coalition for Fairness for Hispanics in Government.

Ultimately, it was Valenzuela’s group that provided the network

Gomez needed. Gomez realized that his aunt was married to one of the leaders in the coalition and turned to it for help. The group identified job openings and guided him through the application process.

“There’s a real need for mentors to walk young Hispanics through the maze that is government culture,” Gomez said. “If I had that earlier, that would have changed everything for me.”

Before he completely abandoned the search, he landed a government job at a veterans hospital in Waco, Texas, working with traumatized military service members.

Mentors in life after college Established at the start of the 20th century, the Divine Nine fraternities and sororities promoted leadership training, networking and mentoring programs for African Americans. The aim was to help graduates find jobs in what was considered a highly hostile mainstream environment, according to a compilation of essays called African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision.

These groups operate much the same way today, with graduate mentors assigned to pledges, guiding them not just through college life but through life after college, letting them know about job openings and holding job fairs.

“It’s an amazing thing, because you get a mentor right from Day One,” said Kayla Taylor, 20, a Howard University student and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, established by African American college women in 1908 at Howard University.

When Taylor joined, she mentioned her interest in public service, and the sorority matched her with a mentor who works as an international affairs lawyer in the State Department. “That sort of contact really helps the process of getting a federal job feel way more doable,” she said.

The story of African American employment in the government is not, of course, a fairy tale. Blacks have faced discrimination over the years in securing jobs and moving up.

Gladys Derricotte, 90, recalls the resistance she encountered during her long federal career. In the 1980s, she joined a successful class-action lawsuit alleging that African Americans faced discrimination when it came to promotions.

But Derricotte is the matriarch of a Washington family that exemplifies how kinship has helped African Americans move into the federal workforce through tradition and encouragement.

As a young woman, she came to Washington from Texas fresh from secretarial school after hearing from relatives who had migrated to the capital that the Government Accountability Office had clerical work. She married Randolph Derricotte, 88, who had come from rural Virginia and got a job at the Postal Service. Together, they put in more than 70 years with the federal government, opening the way for their children and grandchildren. “ ‘Go on and get yourself a good government job!’ When we were coming up that’s all we heard,” recalled their daughter Denise Derricotte, 61, of Northeast Washington, who has worked in a variety of agencies and now handles procurement for the Forest Service.

Her sister, Michelle Peyton, 63, agreed. “It was just a life surrounded by government,” said Peyton, who most recently worked at the Patent and Trademark Office, reviewing inventions for everything from airplanes to zippers. “Washingtonians would talk to each other on the street about job openings. It was just a part of the culture.”

Through their government work, Randolph and Gladys were able to help their children buy homes and their granddaughter, Tisha Derricotte, pay for her education at Howard, where she received an undergraduate degree and an MBA. Tisha, 43, now works at the GAO like her grandmother, but as an analyst reviewing programs related to community investment and financial markets.

New Mexico man takes lead In Belen, Paco Perez didn’t have one relative or neighbor who worked for the federal government.

“No one ever talked about it as an option,” said Perez, 30.

While attending law school at The University of New Mexico, he met Martin Brennan, a former ambassador to Zambia and Uganda, who was at the school as part of the Diplomat in Residence Program. Established in 1964 at colleges that are historically black or have other large minority populations, the program was set up to end the “bastion of white men in the State Department through recruiting,” said Terry Davidson, its coordinator.

While studying for the bar exam, Perez decided to take the highly competitive Foreign Service exam.

He started meeting “religiously” with the diplomat and his successors at the school. “They would have me for dinner and coach me. I don’t think I would have made it with out them,” Perez said.

He passed the test and joined the Foreign Service as a public diplomacy officer in 2008.

“There was maybe only one other Hispanic, and it was like a punch in the stomach,” Perez recalled. “But then I thought, ‘I could have real impact here.’ ” Forty years ago, African Americans at the State Department formed the “Thursday Luncheon Group,” a place where they could talk openly about the workplace.

Perez and others, including his diplomat wife, Stephanie Espinal, have formed the “Tuesday Luncheon Group” for Hispanics. They’ve come together recently to organize happy hours with other minority groups at the department. And Perez has visited high schools to talk about opportunities for Hispanics.

Antonio Flores, president of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, said some government recruiters have an “outdated” concern that Hispanic applicants may not be U.S. citizens or don’t speak English well.

But in Perez’s case, his bilingual skills have been an asset at the State Department.

“The irony is many of us have cultural experience and are bilingual and would be perfect candidates,” said Perez, who has been posted to Mexico and the Dominican Republic. “We look at the African American experience and think, ‘Well, we could do that, too. It’s just taking some time.’ ”

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Forestry agency blamed for firefighters’ deaths Arizona commission says fire officials put protecting property ahead of Hotshots’ safety communicated poorly but followed proper procedures when The Associated Press 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed in a blaze near the PHOENIX — An Arizona small community of Yarnell commission that oversees work- northwest of Phoenix. place safety blamed the state’s All but one member of Forestry Division on Wednesthe crew died June 30. The day for the June deaths of Hotshots were trapped as 19 firefighters, saying state fire the flames they were battling officials knowingly put protecchanged direction in a fierce tion of property ahead of safety thunderstorm. The Arizona and should have pulled crews State Forestry Division oversaw out earlier. the fight against the blaze that The ruling by the state Indus- sparked on state land. trial Commission came after its The ADOSH probe found investigative agency, the Arithat state fire officials lacked zona Division of Occupational key personnel to battle the YarSafety and Health, released its nell Hill Fire at critical times. findings and recommended Marshall Krotenberg, the safety citations and financial penalagency’s lead investigator, told ties. The commission levied a the commission there should $559,000 fine. have been officers to ensure The ADOSH report was a firefighters’ safety, a planning stinging rebuke of an earlier section chief and a division investigation commissioned by supervisor, who wasn’t replaced the Forestry Division, which after he abandoned his post. found that state fire officials Family members who

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attended the hearing sobbed softly when the names of the dead were read.

Juliann Ashcraft, whose husband, Andrew Ashcraft, was killed, said the report provides important insight.

“Finally, people that are educated, that are experienced, that have researched it and have a less biased opinion — they’re just there objectively — that they get it,” she said.

Krotenberg told commissioners that fire managers should have removed firefighters an hour before the thunderstorm arrived. “The storm was anticipated, it was forecasted, everybody knew it,” he said.

“But there was no plan to move people out of the way.”

In addition, senior fire managers had already determined that the town itself was indefensible, he said.

The commission’s chairman, David Parker, said he believed the fire management team on site did everything in its power to defend the community and provide for the safety of people.

“But it’s not the intention of

the people that [is] in question, it’s that employees remained exposed after they no longer should be exposed,” he said.

Carrie Dennett, a spokeswoman for the Forestry Division, said the agency fully cooperated with the investigation and declined comment. The Forestry Division has 15 working days to appeal.

Gov. Jan Brewer’s office also declined comment, citing pending litigation.

The safety agency’s review occurred simultaneously but separately from a three-month investigation by national experts into the circumstances surrounding the deaths. That report was released in September and found lapses in communication from the crew in

the hour before the firefighters died. It also found that proper procedure was followed but did not say whether deaths were avoidable nor did it place blame.

The ADOSH investigation found that the state Forestry Division didn’t respond to a request the evening before for two safety officers, key positions in large firefighting efforts.

Krotenberg said the oversight was the result of an unknown mistake. “Apparently, it got dropped,” he said. “The ball got dropped.”

Firefighting crews were still battling the fire even after the incident command post was evacuated, according to the ADOSH report.

The bulk of the proposed fine is $475,000 — $25,000 for each

of the 19 deaths. That money will be paid to the firefighters’ families. They were employed by the city of Prescott but working under a standing contract with the state Forestry Division for the Yarnell Hill Fire. The ADOSH investigation found that the city of Prescott was in compliance with standards for training and crew rest.

The crew members had been in a relatively safe position on a ridge top. For an unknown reason and without notifying anyone, they moved down the mountainside through an unburned area where they were trapped by a wall of flames when winds shifted.

They deployed their emergency shelters but perished in the scorching heat.

Stolen radioactive materialrecovered MEXICO CITY — A missing shipment of radioactive cobalt-60 was found Wednesday near where the stolen truck transporting the material was abandoned in central Mexico state, the country’s nuclear safety director said.

The highly radioactive material had been removed from its shipping container, officials said, and one predicted that anyone involved in opening the box would be dead within three days.

The cobalt-60 was found in an empty lot near an agricultural town and did not pose a threat or a need for an evacuation.

Commission physicist Mardonio Jimenez said it was the first time cobalt-60 had been stolen and extracted from its container.

The only threat was to whoever opened the box.

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Wednesday Cesar Bernal

Tuesday Kenneth Mayers

10 who made a difference

TODAY Mel Gallegos

Friday Mara Taub

Saturday Notah Begay III

Sunday Norma McCallan

Candidates seek to block Bushee’s public funds ‘Campaign violations’ prompt two opponents to band together

By Daniel J. Chacón

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Beloved educator leaves

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Two candidates in the Santa Fe mayor’s race are asking the city’s Ethics and Campaign Review Board to block payment of public campaign funds to one of their opponents.

In a letter provided to the news media Wednesday

by Javier Gonzales’ campaign, Gonzales and fellow mayoral candidate Rebecca Wurzburger jointly ask the board to “immediately reverse” the city clerk on her plans to provide Patti Bushee taxpayer money “in light of the serious allegations of campaign violations” against Bushee.

The pair also requested an “expedited hearing” on what they call Bushee’s “admitted violations” of the public campaign finance code, Patti Bushee though Bushee has denied any wrongdoing.

However, the city’s public campaign finance ordinance doesn’t expressly state that the board has authority to order the city clerk to withhold funds.

The code states only that “any decision of the municipal clerk under this section is reviewable by the ethics and campaign review board on petition of an aggrieved party.”

Board Chairman Justin Miller said Wednesday the board is aware of the letter and trying to figure out the appropriate next steps. “The board recognizes it’s pressing and needs to be dealt with urgently, but we want to make sure we do everything right,” he said.

City Clerk Yolanda Vigil referred inquiries to city spokeswoman Jodi McGinnis Porter, who said Vigil has “no reason at this time” to withhold funds from Bushee. “However, if the ECRB finds a violation, the clerk has the right to ask for the money back,” McGinnis Porter said.

City Councilor Bill Dimas, the fourth mayoral candidate, said Gonzales contacted him Tuesday and Wurzburger on Wednesday asking them to add their names to the letter.

“I reviewed it, but I declined,” Dimas said. “Having been a judge in the past, I just believe in the due process system, and I thought that we should just allow

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Mel Gallegos of Santa Fe sings for residents of Ponce De Leon Retirement Center on Nov. 7. Gallegos is one of The New Mexican’s 10 Who Made a Difference in 2013. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

Teacher, musician and coach has helped improve many lives

By Dennis J. Carroll For The New Mexican

M

el Gallegos not only lights up a room just by entering it, but his sense of kindness and caring keep it lit well after he’s left.

Just ask anyone who knows the 68-yearold Agua Fría musician, community activist, former language-arts teacher and coach at several Santa Fe schools.

“You don’t find a lot of people like him,” said Eddie Rivera, a former student and basketball player, runner and football player at the now-shuttered BF Young Junior High School. “He used to pick me up for school and then bring me back home,” said Rivera, 55, who said Gallegos’ help enabled him to attend BF Young with his elementary school pals. “I still consider him my friend.”

Rivera said lessons learned in Gallegos’ classroom and on the athletic fields stick with him even today. “He taught me a lot,” Rivera said. “No matter how tough life gets, [Gallegos said] never give up, keep on going.

Set your goals high and go after them.”

It is for those lifelong lessons that Gallegos is being honored as one of the 10 Who Made a Difference in 2013.

Rivera, a former Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputy and now a private security guard, said that over the years, Gallegos has contin-

“

He’s a serious individual, but for him the glass is always half-full.”

Arturo Gonzales, former director of the St. Anne Parish choir

ued to be a confidante and friend, including helping him survive two divorces. He said Gallegos taught him to respect the players on opposing teams, and to learn from the losses and well as to enjoy the victories.

After losses, Rivera said, “He taught us to realize there would always be another day.”

When fellow BF Young teacher and later Alameda Middle School Principal Exilda Martinez speaks of Gallegos, terms like “empathy,” “understanding” and “great communicator” come up a lot. “He was a great role model for teenagers,” Martinez said. “He had amazing patience, and never seemed to have any discipline problems. He just connected with students.”

Martinez said Gallegos also developed a great rapport with the faculty and staff at the two schools as well. “He’s the kind of guy you count on for so many things.”

Gallegos figures that 5,000 to 6,000 students have probably come through his classrooms in his 40 years of teaching, first at BF Young in 1967, followed by stints at Alameda Middle School, Santa Fe High School, Santa Fe’s Career Academy, McCurdy School in Santa Cruz, and Pecos middle and high schools.

“Anywhere we go, he is constantly approached by past students and athletes who tell him he was their favorite teacher and the reason they graduated and succeeded,” his daughter, Monica, wrote in a letter nominating her father for the 10 Who Made a Difference honor.

Gallegos conceded that often the emotional rewards and satisfaction of teaching are not immediate. “The most gratifying thing about teaching is to see the students … become something better than they were,” he said.

Gallegos said it was the hard work and dedication he saw in his own teachers that inspired him to become a teacher, although he first spent three years studying for the Catholic priesthood at what was the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Santa Fe. He left the seminary after realizing he was in love with a childhood friend while on leave from his priestly studies.

He and the former Alice Montoya have

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Nursing home company agrees to fine, changes Casa Real administration admits to obstructing state ombudsman

By Bruce Krasnow The New Mexican

A company that manages two nursing homes in Santa Fe has agreed to pay a fine and change its practices after admitting to obstructing the efforts of a state ombudsman who investigates resident complaints.

“The administration making derogatory comments about the Ombudsman or saying ‘don’t talk to the Ombudsman, come to me instead’ that is obstruction and intimidation,” said Sondra Everhart, state longterm care ombudsman.

As part of a settlement agreement, Preferred Care Partners Management Group will pay the state $3,500.

Everhart said it is the fourth time in her nine years as ombudsman that she has fined a nursing home, and New Mexico is one of the few states where the ombudsman’s office can impose penalties.

In a telephone interview, Everhart said the derogatory comments about the long-term care ombudsman came from the administration at Casa Real Healthcare Center, 150 Galisteo St., and verified by sworn statements by current or former staff members. Her office issued a notice of violation Nov. 1 and imposed an initial fine of $23,500.

But Everhart said the company acknowledged the problems and agreed to make changes, which is the

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played music together at many Masses, funerals and other been married 45 years. church events over the years.

In addition to his teaching, “He’s a serious individual,” Gallegos has been involved in Gonzales said, “but for him the church activities, especially glass is always half-full.” He music, for more than 50 years, a recalled that after the Second family tradition that goes back Vatican Council of the 1960s to the founding of San Isidro loosened restrictions on musical Catholic Church in 1835. Galinstruments at Masses, Gallegos legos’ great-grandfather Jose was the first to introduce guitar Jacinto Gallegos had donated music to Santa Fe parishes. the land, and the family lead Gallegos also for a decade or the Agua Fría community in more has helped lead Christbuilding the church. mastime musical events at the Arturo Gonzales, a fellow Palace of the Governors, the seminarian of Gallegos and Las Posadas on the Plaza and former director of the St. Anne in other Northern New Mexico Parish choir, described his communities. “I want to help friend as “a very humble guy,” keep the culture alive,” Gallegos said. and noted that the two often

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Gallegos and his guitar also are a familiar figure at assisted living centers and nursing homes in Northern New Mexico.

“He’s awesome,” said Christine Sandoval, activity director at the Santa Fe Care Center, a residential care center for many who suffer from severe memory loss and behavioral problems.

“When Mel [is performing] it might appear that they are sleeping, but if you watch closely you can see them moving a couple of fingers or a foot in time with his music,” Sandoval said. “He is able to touch them and bring them to a place where they are not feeling pain.”

Funds: New code faces 1st test Continued from Page A-6 the ethics board to make their decision … in a timely manner.”

Bushee, who appeared to be the front-runner in the mayor’s race in an early poll, has said a complaint filed against her by a former campaign consultant simply points out another shortcoming of the city’s public campaign finance code, which is undergoing its first test in a mayoral campaign.

Candidates who apply for $60,000 in public funds to campaign for mayor are prohibited from spending money from any source other than “seed” money contributions of $100 each from supporters.

Bushee has acknowledged that before she decided to seek public funding she paid former campaign manager Tarin Nix from her personal account after the two had a falling out.

Bushee said she gave Nix a $1,750 check in June when she was still running as a privately financed candidate. After she decided to go the public financing route, Bushee said she tried to remedy the situation by issuing Nix another $1,750 check from her seed money account.

In her complaint, Nix implied that the Bushee campaign tried to orchestrate a coverup. Nix said a member of Bushee’s campaign team called her in November and asked her to “swap checks” so the payment could be noted as coming from Bushee’s seed money account.

Nix did not swap out the check, and instead went to Vigil, who told Nix she could not advise her on the matter but provided Nix with an ethics complaint form.

The City Clerk’s Office officially served Bushee with a copy of the Nix complaint on Tuesday. Bushee has 10 business days to respond.

Gonzales and Wurzburger contend that Bushee’s actions prohibit her from qualifying for public financing.

“Ms. Bushee signed an oath saying that she has only made expenditures from her seed money account and not in excess of the maximum limit of $6,000. Yet she has acknowledged her disclosures [in filings with the City Clerk’s Office] omitted a cashier’s check she wrote on June 19th

funded from her personal account in the amount of $1,750. Her actions of trying to ‘swap checks’ to coverup her violations clearly shows she knew she had not conformed to Public Funding criteria,” Gonzales and Wurzburger wrote in the letter to the board.

“We believe at a minimum no funds should be released to Patti Bushee or her campaign without a hearing of the seriousness of her admitted violations,” the letter states.

Vigil indicated that she would issue public campaign finance funds to qualifying candidates as early as Thursday.

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Fine: Reduced from $23,500 sional corporate representatives being monitored by a doctor and nursing home expert out of to resolve concerns. reason the penalty was reduced. u To present residents’ rights Baltimore, under rules set down “We are very encouraged by in a legally binding Corporate training to facility staff and the positive immediate response managers by ombudsmen, who Integrity Agreement, which and resident-supportive actions are to be introduced by corpoitemized oversight and perfortaken by Preferred Care Partmance standards. rate representatives. ners Management Group,” EverPreferred Care assumed the The New Mexican asked an hart said in a statement. “We administrator at Casa Real for a businesses from Cathedral look forward to working with Rock about a year ago, Evercomment from the parent corthe management of Casa Real hart said. It operates more than poration, Preferred Care PartHealthcare Center to serve and ners, but there was no response two dozen homes in Texas support residents who call Casa and also provides home health as of press time Wednesday.

Real home.” and Alzheimer’s care. It was The Plano, Texas-based PreOther issues involved inforfounded in 2004 and is privately ferred Care took over all 10 of mation not being sent to the the New Mexico nursing homes held. ombudsman in a timely manSome 80 percent of the managed by Cathedral Rock, ner. “This fine is one remedial patients are Medicaid or Mediincluding Casa Real with 118 aspect of a settlement agreecare qualified with reimbursebeds and Santa Fe Care Center ment that addresses a situaments ranging from $4,000 to with 120 beds, 635 Harkle Road. tion in which the Ombudsman $10,000 a month depending on Cathedral Rock had been Program Staff and volunteers the level of care. were not given timely access to operating its business under the documentation and information scrutiny of the U.S. Department needed to resolve resident com- of Health and Human Services after a settlement regarding plaints and conduct investigaPILOT ADJUSTABLE tions. ... Such actions constitute patient abuse and health care NIBS fraud at homes it operated in legally actionable interference,” Sanbusco Center • 989-4742 Missouri. The company and www.santafepens.com wrote Everhart in a statement. its New Mexico facilities were According to the state Aging and Long-Term Services Department, Preferred Care Partners and Casa Real administrators have agreed to: Go Painlessly® with THERA-GESIC. u Ensure that facility managers have a full understanding Maximum strength of their legal obligations to the analgesic creme for New Mexico Ombudsman Protemporary relief from: gram.

• Joint and Muscle u Establish regularly schedsoreness uled communication meetings • Arthritis with the state ombudsman and • Back aches Ombudsman Program staff for the next two years. u Provide the state ombudsmen with immediate access to the facility’s regional and divi-

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Horoscope

Crossword

The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013: This year you open up to many different lifestyles and attitudes. You often meet people quite different from you without any effort. Aquarius points to the offbeat path.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You might have been thinking about a plan and finally have come to a conclusion. Once more, you become Mr. or Ms. Friendly. Tonight: Weigh the pros and cons of taking a trip.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You will be distancing yourself until it becomes obvious that you need to deal with a situation that could implode.

Tonight: Till the wee hours.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH A partner seems to have assumed control of a key matter. This change of responsibilities could be all right with you. A conversation like this is important.

Tonight: Choose to do something new.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You’ll be taken aback by a personal matter. The other party could be overassertive, which might cause you to feel cornered. Tonight: Be with a favorite person.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Your mood quickly changes midday. You are best when networking and socializing.

Now is the time to kick back and be spontaneous. Tonight: Listen to a suggestion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You could be quite creative in the morning when faced with a difficult situation.

The tone of those around you will be more significant than you might realize. Tonight: Make it early.

Super Quiz Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

Subject: LITERATURE (e.g., Which book title refers to the cities of London and Paris?

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. In which mountains of New York state did Rip Van Winkle live?

Answer________ 2. Which Ray Bradbury title refers to a temperature?

Answer________ 3. Robert Burns referred to it as a “tim’rous beastie.”

Answer________ GRADUATE LEVEL 4. What kind of fictional character is Noddy?

Answer________

5. Which novel is believed to be based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk?

Answer________ 6. In which novel are the children named Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter?

Answer________ PH.D. LEVEL 7. What Agatha Christie work has sold about 100 million copies?

Answer________ 8. Complete the quote to provide a title: “Gentlemen-rankers out on the spree, damned ...”

Answer________ 9. What play ends: “Something I’ll take unstained out of this world... my panache”?

Answer________

ANSWERS:

1. Catskill Mountains. 2. Fahrenheit 451. 3. Mouse. 4. Wooden boy who lives in Toyland.

5. “Robinson Crusoe.” 6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. 7. And Then There Were None. 8. From Here to Eternity. 9. Cyrano de Bergerac.

SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you? (c) 2013 Ken Fisher

Reader owes miffed ‘aunt’ an apology Dear Annie: My 58-year-old mother has a best friend whom she has known since they were both 5 years old. We call her “Aunt Marsha.”

She’s been at all of our weddings and holidays. She is still friendly with her ex-daughter-in-law, who happens to be a good friend of mine.

In years past, when Aunt Marsha has a male companion in her life, she typically falls off the face of the Earth.

Recently, she found a new guy who happens to be married, so her communication with us is limited.

Right now, Aunt Marsha is upset with both my mother and me because her ex-daughter-in-law was in town with her new husband and daughter, and they stayed with me.

Aunt Marsha knew about the visit, and I told her if we planned any family events, I would let her know.

However, when my friend arrived with her family, she said that having her ex-mother-in-law in attendance at dinner would be awkward. So I did not invite Aunt Marsha.

When my mother next saw Marsha, she mentioned how nice it was to see my friend, and of course, Aunt Marsha was miffed that she wasn’t included. After several attempts to contact my aunt, I received an email that she was upset and hurt, and that she had waited around for a phone call to be invited over and it never came. She said, “I know it is your house and your company, but my feelings are hurt.”

Annie, I never intended to hurt her. It’s just how things worked out.

But she still hasn’t spoken to either my mother or me in six months. She ignores my mother’s calls, cards and attempts to reach out. It’s possible that when her current male companion is out of the picture, she will come running to us for support, as

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You won’t hesitate to express your opinions, but you could come off a lot sterner than you realize. Others will open up more easily as a result. Tonight: Get a lot done.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Check out the cost of proceeding as you have been. Someone might be more than ready to chip in and help. Tonight: Make weekend plans.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH Zero in on what you want. You’ll have many supporters at the present moment, which increases your chances of achieving what you desire. Tonight: Whatever puts a smile on your face.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might be slow to start, but once you get going, you are a formidable force to stop. Tonight: If you can dream it, you are likely to be able to conjure it up.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH You have a matter you would prefer to keep under wraps. Someone might try to coax it out of you, but you will resist. Be careful if you don’t want to spill the beans.

Tonight: Do for you.

Jacqueline Bigar

Chess quiz

The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error. © 2013 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

BLACK WINS MATERIAL Hint: Or checkmate.

Solution: 1. …Bh6! (gets the rook at c1). If 2. Qxh6, …

Qe1ch with mate to follow [Moen-Topalov ’13].

Today in history Today is Thursday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2013. There are 26 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On Dec. 5, 1933, national Prohibition came to an end as Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment.

Hocus Focus

Dear Omaha: You actually owe Marsha an apology. You promised to include her, and then you didn’t, nor did you let her know. We realize it was your friend who changed the plans, but you still should have informed Marsha. Instead, she felt excluded from your family. That said, she is being rather unforgiving and pigheaded about it. If you haven’t apologized, please do so. The rest will simply have to run its course.

Dear Annie: My husband and I agree that it is bad behavior to use one’s cellphone while in the company of others, unless it’s an emergency. However, he even thinks someone looking up information or showing pictures is rude. I disagree.

He also feels justified in saying something to the offending party. I think it’s best to say nothing and simply not go out with them again. It’s too embarrassing to everyone. What is your take on this? — Tired of Arguing Dear Tired: Showing pictures on your phone to people at the table is not rude unless it turns into a slide show. Looking up information is fine as long as it is pertinent, such as checking the time of the movie you are planning to see. It is also OK to speak up when someone talks or texts incessantly. Say politely, “Could we make this a cell-free zone for the duration?” If they refuse, then you can stop going out with them.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Waiting,” who doesn’t like it when the bank tellers chitchat with the customers. I enjoy the personal touch and suggest that those who don’t use the ATM instead. — Louisville, Ky.

Sheinwold’s bridge

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You have been tenacious and diligent about getting a project done. You also feel empowered by its completion and by the comments you get. Tonight: All smiles.

Cryptoquip

usual. But in the meantime, what can I do to help my mother? She misses her best friend. — Omaha, Neb.

Jumble

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Cambria Hankin talks to her three dogs, from left, Buddy, Riah and Stitch, on Saturday at the Sepulveda Basin Dog Park in Los Angeles. Dr. Gary Weitzman, president of the San Diego Humane Society, has worked with tens of thousands of stray dogs over the past quarter-century and says there is no question that pets and people communicate. RICHARD VOGEL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Canine communication his time at the dog park hiding under Ericksen’s chair.

“I talk to him in a smooth, gentle voice.

He’s very cooperative. He’s very content,” Ericksen said.

By Sue Manning The Associated Press Buster is a 90-pound blind boxer. “When I call him, I yell out his name and keep OS ANGELES — Wags and barks clapping so he can zero in on where I am,” speak volumes when it comes to Ericksen said. “If he starts to walk into understanding what a dog is saying, something, I will yell ‘stop,’ and he will but there are also clues in a dog’s change direction.” eyes, ears, nose or the tilt of its head. Are Buster has only been around Forest for humans getting the right messages? six months, but they communicate, too.

Dr. Gary Weitzman, president of the San “When we come home from the dog Diego Humane Society and former CEO park, Forest will go in first, walk 10 feet and of the Washington Animal Rescue League, wait.

When I take the collar and leash off has worked with tens of thousands of stray dogs over the past quarter-century and says Buster, Forest takes over and guides him to the yard,” Ericksen said. there is no question that pets and people Weitzman’s book, How to Speak Dog, was communicate, but some are getting more just released by the National Geographic out of it than others.

Society, and the veterinarian hopes it will “Dogs want to be with us, and they want help people better grasp what their dogs to do the right thing. Nothing is ever done are saying so they can respond better. by a dog for spite or revenge. That’s a When man first meets mutt, it is up to the human quality. Dogs just want to please us,” person to eliminate hostility. In the exam Weitzman said. “So don’t misunderstand room, Weitzman will often get on the floor what dogs are saying.” with a dog to reduce any threats.

Jerry Ericksen of Los Angeles has two That has certainly worked for year-old dogs, and they have different needs that require different languages. Forest, a pit bull Van Leifer-Nau of San Diego. That’s where he sits, sleeps, plays and dotes on year-old that was abused and starved before Ericksen got him, is still super timid and spends Neiko, a yellow lab and Saluki mix, said

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mom Tamara Leifer-Nau. “Neiko loves this baby, it’s like Van is his baby. They love each other and Neiko goes in for as many kisses as he can get. They are inseparable. They are communicating at a completely different level,” Leifer-Nau said.

“Dogs read lips and body language. They can see your facial expression. Some animals respond to how we look, not what we say. Their inherent ability to read facial expressions is a whole lot better than ours,” Weitzman said.

The other dog in the Leifer-Nau house is Oakley, a border collie mix the family rescued 13 years ago this month. He goes to the door and literally talks dog when he wants out, Leifer-Nau said.

You have to make sure a dog can hear when you talk, Weitzman said. Some dogs are born deaf or go deaf with age. Long ears make hearing more of a chore. Those dogs also don’t have the ability to talk with their ears because they can’t prick them, cock them or pin them back.

“Every once in a while, a dog will come along that just seems to ‘get’ you. You think it even reads your mind,” Weitzman said. “I really think these animals are soul mates.

I had a dog I know was my soul mate. I understood her with a look and she understood me with a look back.”

Life, love and lessons from dogs S teaching me how dogs and boys hawnee was first. I think of Shawnee in December can bond and heal each other. because she was a winter Of course, Shawnee, being a dog. She was content to sleep female, had puppies: My first outside in the snowbanks of biology lesson.

Minnesota, digging in Her first litter was and covering herself in a badger den on the like a sled dog. bluffs. Our parents I also think of her were out of town. Our because December, the sitter was terrified of end of the year, is the the steep bluffs. So the time that we wonder kids conferenced, and how we became the we decided to send the person looking back at smallest, Peggy, who us in the mirror. was 4 at the time, down It is clear to me that into the den attached Hersch Shawnee and all the to a rope to bring the Wilson other dogs I’ve hung puppies out. Peggy Tales of Tails out with have been was then, as she is now, teachers. I’ve lived fearless. We thought, with five decades of them. They “What could go wrong?” Upon were each unique and all had hearing the story, I think our mom lessons to teach. aged 20 years.

I was 10 when my mom and I We had two more German drove to a friend’s farm in Min- shepherds growing up, Rikka and Max. From them, I learned nesota to pick up 9-week-old about loyalty, protection and Shawnee, a German shepherd how to be a brother to five puppy. She slept on my feet on younger siblings. the way home. As we pulled in OK, they over did that lesson. the driveway, she threw up on Having two or three untrained my feet, sealing our bond.

Shawnee was, simply, my first German Shepherds supervising six kids was akin to having best friend. We’d just moved the Marines always on guard. from Minneapolis to farming “Always Loyal” was definitely country. It was a lovely but lonely place. My mom, dad and I their motto. Nothing got by them.

We had a sign that said, were still reeling from losing my sister to cancer four years prior. “Dogs! Don’t get out of your car!” Most people paid attenBut Shawnee was an advention. But once, we had a new turer. She and I became Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. We were delivery driver who ignored the warning. He got out of his truck up and down the river bluffs, and came to the front door. He chasing deer, chasing squirrels, knocked once. The door then and watching the ice explode opened. My sister Patty, who in the river in the spring. Most was 12, grabbed him by his shirt importantly, Shawnee was

and yanked him in the house.

The screen door slammed shut.

At that exact second, Shawnee and Rikka hit the door at shoulder height at a full sprint. They had never barked.

The driver looked at Patty and turned ashen.

As dogs will, Shawnee taught me about suffering. When she turned 12 she became arthritic and couldn’t walk. But she still loved us and showed it. She would wag her tail when any of us came near. But that was it.

She wasn’t eating or drinking.

Our parents were just divorced and the family exploding. I didn’t live at home anymore, and there was no one to take care of her. I took her to the vet and had her put to sleep. I had to carry her in. That moment is permanently etched in my memory.

From Max, our youngest German shepherd, I learned that there are times when you simply should not have a dog. Times of chaos. Times when you cannot pay attention. Dogs need attention. I learned about heartbreak when Max, having been alone for too many nights without family, disappeared and never came back. I told my younger brother, Joey, that he’d gone to that big farm up north, where he could roam all day long.

As soon as we could after we were married, Laurie and I found two new German shepherds, Riva and Zuni.

I learned from them the art of escape. This, turns out, was dear to my soul. They were Sundance and Butch Cassidy.

Once they both jumped off our second-floor balcony in tandem to escape me trying to catch them. I almost had a heart attack. But I understood: They wanted to be free, unrestrained and ready for adventure.

Oso was our first Bernese Mountain dog. I have never been around such a big heart or big dog. Oso was a 130-pound lap sitter. I learned it was hard to take anything too seriously with him sitting on you. When he died too soon, we gently put him to sleep.

He had his head on my lap.

But this also taught me that when you lose a dog, and you will because we out live them, the only thing that heals is usually another dog. It is as if they pass on their spirits.

Mowgli was next, and the friendliest dog we’ve ever known. At Laurie’s store, he would hang out all day and greet customers and greet their dogs. Always nice.

This brings me to our current pals, Nellie Mae and Tank, who are both 2 years old. They teach us every day unconditional — and unrestrained — affection.

Nothing to them is more important then family being together.

So. I had this dream a while back that all these dogs — these teachers — and I were together at that farm in Northern Minnesota with Max. We ran all day and swam in the river. I was 18 and could keep up. At the end of the day, they all collapsed in a pile, with big dog smiles and dreamt about tomorrow and the new lessons they would teach.

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Tracks Pet connection Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society: Drake, a 1-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever mix, loves the company of other dogs. He’d be a great hiking partner and has a loving disposition. Fidget, a 4-month-old kitten, would love the chance to get to know you. This short-haired girl has beautiful markings.

These and other animals are available for adoption from the shelter, 100 Caja del Rio Road.

The shelter’s adoption hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Visit www.sfhumanesociety.org or call 983-4309, ext. 610.

Española Valley Humane Society: Staff favorite Olivia gets along well with other cats and absolutely loves people.

She’d be great for a family looking for a cuddly lap cat. Curious Buford is a 12-week-old adventurous kitty who loves to supervise his feline buddies.

These and other animals are available for adoption from the shelter, 108 Hamm Parkway. The shelter is open from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from noon to 4:45 p.m. Sunday. Visit www.espanolashelter.org. or call 753-8662.

Felines & Friends: Lita is a sweet girl who loves to watch

In brief Center to host animal blessing A local Buddhist center is offering blessings for animals and invites people to bring their furry friends for the special ceremony.

The Maitreya Loving Kindness Tour will hold the ceremony from 1:30 to 2:40 p.m. Thursday at the Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center, 1807 Second St., Suite No. 35.

Everyone is invited to bring their leashed pets to the free event, organizers said. All pets will receive a personal blessing with the relics of the historical Buddha.

Vote for the best doghouse It’s not too late to vote on Santa Fe’s fanciest dog house.

Organizers with Barkitecture Santa Fe, a fundraiser for the Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society, have pushed back the final votes and bids in the contest to Dec. 12.

The winning doghouse will be chosen during the 5 p.m. reception for builders at the Sanbusco Market Center, 500 Montezuma Ave. The shelter also will have its new pet calendar available at the event.

The public is invited to vote on their favorite creation and even bid on the structure for their own pooch during the center’s hours. Votes are free, and those who vote are eligible for a raffle that will be drawn when the winning doghouse is

Drake

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Olivia

Buford

Lita

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people work. She would make a great companion for someone who doesn’t want a clingy cat.

She would prefer a loving, quiet home without small children or other pets. Sweet and playful Olivia is still somewhat shy, but she’s becoming more relaxed thanks to her foster family.

Cats of all ages are available for adoption from Felines & Friends and can be visited at Petco throughout the week during regular store hours.

Adoption advisers are available 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday at Petco on Cerrillos Road. Become a Felines & Friends volunteer. Visit www. petfinder.com/shelters/NM38. html or call 316-CAT1.

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formally announced.

Laurie Wilson, owner of Teca Tu, the center’s pet boutique, is hosting the competition. The reception also will feature the shelter’s 2014 Pet Calendar release party. Those people who have preordered the calendars can pick them up at the reception or anytime at the shelter, 100 Caja del Rio Road.

Artist’s showing benefits animals A Santa Fe artist is offering her a portion of her profits to animal rescue groups from a gallery showing.

Hillary Vermont’s show, Hillary Vermont/20 years, is being held at the Back Street Bistro, 513 Camino de los Marquez, through New Year’s Day. The gallery is showing her work of painted animal friends and Tic Toc Rocks.

Ten percent of the show’s profits go to local and international rescue groups, the artist said.

Raffle to help homeless dogs A Santa Fe pet bakery and boutique is hosting a raffle to help animal companions of homeless people.

The raffle for the Street Homeless Animal Project will be held Dec. 20 at Pooch Pantry Bakery & Boutique, 301 N. Guadalupe St. Raffle tickets are $5, with the prizes that include a $250 gift certificate to Pooch Pantry, a $150 gift certificate to Pooch Pantry, and a gift certificate for an ice cream cake from Baskin-Robbins.

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Man needs help getting things turned around The New Mexican

eral public libraries and businesses free of charge. oseph Griffin has had a rough Santa Fe Public Library: couple of months. His roomMain Branch, 145 Washington mate moved out in July and Ave.; La Farge Branch Library, 1730 Llano St.; Southside Branch stiffed him on the rent. Then, Library, 6599 Jaguar Drive in October, he lost his job.

To donate New Mexico Work Force ConThings are starting to turn nection, 301 W. De Vargas St. around for Griffin, and he starts Make your tax deductible donaHopewell Center, 1800 tion online at www.santafenew a new job Dec. 15, but he’s asking Espinacitas St. mexican.com/empty_stocking or for help with his expenses to fill Presbyterian Medical Seryou may mail a check to: that gap. vices, 1409 Second St. The New Mexican’s Empty Griffin is asking for $650 for All applications must be rent, $56 to pay his electric bill and Stocking Fund c/o The Santa Fe received by 5 p.m. Dec. 13 to be Community Foundation, P.O. Box $351.08 for propane through the considered by the Empty Stock1827, Santa Fe, NM 87504-1827 Empty Stocking Fund. He needs ing Fund Committee. The Empty If you can provide a needed Stocking Fund will consider every help to get through a hard part of service such as roofing, car repair, the year, but with a new job on the home repairs, etc., contact Roberta applicant who meets the eligibility criteria, without regard to race, horizon and a new year approach- at Presbyterian Medical Services creed, place or country of origin, ing, things are looking brighter. at 983-8968. age, disability, ethnicity, color, genIf you can contribute food, cloth- der identity, marital status or sexuuu ing, toys, housewares or furniture ual orientation. Applicants must The Empty Stocking Fund is a in good condition, or other items provide a social security number or services, please contact The project from The Santa Fe New or their request will not be funded.

Mexican. The Santa Fe Community Salvation Army at 988-8054.

Foundation, the First National Bank Donations To apply of Santa Fe, The Salvation Army (Through Dec. 4) and Presbyterian Medical Services Complete your application for u Mark and Christine Hickman, donate services jointly administer assistance online www.santafe $200 The Empty Stocking Fund. newmexican.com/empty_stocking. u Alan and Margaret Hill, $100 Watch for daily stories featuring u Stephanie E. Johnson, $200 Applicants who do not have requests from local residents in u Scott A. and Rita M. Karns, $200 access to a computer can comThe New Mexican. plete an application online at sevu Paula Lozar, $50

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u Nahum Ward-Lev and Shelley Mann-Lev, $100 u Patricia M. Martinez, $200 u Sue Ann Snyder and Charles McCanna, $100 u Linda E. McClendon, $200 u Janet M. Peacock, $100 u Ssu Weng and Peter Pesic, $100 u Ann L. Price, $75 u John and Lynne Rauch, $150 u Beecham and Renate Robinson, $25 u Camille Romero, $50 u Polly Rose, $50 u Howard and Matilda Rubin, in memory Tom Rees, $100 u Michelle and Cliff Rudy, $200 u Mary Anne and Al Sanborn, $250 u Virginia Hall Smith, $50 u Southwest Archaeological Consultants, $200 u Thomas and Hendrika Spier, $100 u The ALH Foundation, John Greenspan and Julianne Bodnar, $500 u The Retired Book Club, $100 u Robert and Judith Tucker, $65 u Mary Wahl, $100 u Samantha and John Williams, in memory of Ted Liversidge, $2,500 u Woh Tani Sunday School Class, $100 Cumulative total: $33,465

Police notes The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: u Yesina Loya, 20, 12 El Sol Court, and Ryan Lujan, 18, 2101 Yucca St., were arrested on charges of burglary, receiving stolen property and possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia at the Wal-Mart Supercenter, 5701 Herrera Drive, at 1:25 p.m. Tuesday.

Loya was also wanted on several bench warrants. u Someone stole an iPad 2 from an unlocked car in the 5900 block of Camino Azul at 11 a.m. Monday.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the following reports: u A refrigerator and a stove were stolen from a home on North Paseo de Angel sometime Tuesday. u Several car batteries worth a combined $1,500 were stolen from a home in the 3900 block of San Felipe Road. u Joe Pena, 59, 2755 Sycamore Loop, was arrested on charges of battery against a household member and failure to comply with electronic monitoring sometime on Tuesday. u A .357 caliber pistol was stolen from a car parked at Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino sometime Wednesday.

Speed SUVs u The Santa Fe Police Department listed the following locations for mobile speed-enforcement vehicles: SUV No. 1 at Ramirez Thomas Elementary School from 7:25 to 8:15 a.m. and 2:10 to 2:55 p.m., and on Rufina Street between Lois Lane and Senda Valle at other times; SUV No. 2 at Piñon Elementary School from 7:25 to 8:15 a.m. and 2:10 to 2:55 p.m., and on Paseo de los Pueblos between Avenida Alamosa and Le Avenida de San Marc at other times; SUV No. 3 at Zia Road at Vo Tech Road.

Funeral and memorial services ABELINO J. MONTOYA SR. Abelino Jose Montoya Sr., age 92, passed away Saturday, November 30, 2013. Our beloved patriarch is now reunited with our mother, Lucille, in heaven.

Abelino was born July 27, 1921 in Canon del Carro Village, Mora County, NM to the proud parents of Manuelita de Atocha and Jose Vidal Montoya.

Abelino was the twelfth born of fifteen children, including two half-brothers.

Abelino married Lucille Salazar July 29, 1938 and she passed away July 11, 1968. In 1969 Abelino married his second wife, Julianita Martinez. In 1934, Abelino’s family was faced with much hardship. His father, their only provider, passed away and Abelino and his brothers were unable to pursue their education as they had to work to provide for their mother and family. They provided for their mother for fifteen years until she passed away in 1949. At a very early age Abelino worked various jobs. He told his children stories of selling ice from a little red wagon, selling wood from the back of a truck, driving a taxi cab for Rimbert’s Taxi Co., and working as a bartender in Las Vegas, NM. A decorated World War II Veteran, Abelino was awarded the World War II Victory Medal, American Area Ribbon, Asiatic Pacific Ribbon, and European African Ribbon. Abelino was proud of his service to our country with our U.S. Navy as a Fireman First Class. He was able to serve our country from May 23, 1944 through his honorable discharge on December 12, 1945. He enjoyed talking about his travels and the people he met during that time. In 1945 he began work with the New Mexico State Highway Department as a heavy equipment transporter and carrier. In 1973, twenty-eight years later, he retired from the State Government, as a Highway Safety Supervisor. After 39 years of continuous employment, retirement brought Abelino leisure time to travel, fish and partake in other outdoor activities. Most importantly, he could sit back, enjoy, and watch his family grow.

He moved to Albuquerque, NM in 1988.

The last five months of Abelino’s life were medically challenging. After 40 years of retirement, Abelino is now in God’s hands. He acknowledged on many occasions, his greatest accomplishment in life were his children and their accomplishments. As a devoted, giving and loving father, Abelino made a promise to Lucille before she passed: He would keep their young children together, which he accomplished with determination, guidance, and love.

Abelino was preceded in death by his first wife, Lucille E. Salazar Montoya; children, Dulia Louisa, Michael Matthew; sisters, Regina, Juanita, Eloisa, Alicia, Adelmira, Laura; brothers, Eloy I, Eloy II, Tomas, Teodocio, Alfredo, Vidal, Juan, Placido; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild; son-in-law, Fred Montoya.

Abelino and Lucille, his late wife, are survived by daughters, Dulia Montoya, Teresa (Henry) Montoya Duran, Bernadette (Ben) Montoya Sena, Katherine Montoya Gallegos, Louisa Montoya, Manuelita (Dewey) Montoya Loveless, Frances (Dennis) Montoya Hawksworth, Hope Montoya; sons, Edward Montoya, David (Lisa) Montoya, Abelino (LouElla) Montoya Jr., Bobby (Loretta) Montoya, Les Montoya, John Montoya, Michael Montoya; forty-one grandchildren; forty-one great-grandchildren; twenty-five great great-grandchildren; step-children, Mary Esther Loredo, Ida Muniz, Joe Roy Martinez, Virginia Martinez, Willie Martinez, Loretta Martinez, Victor Martinez.

Visitation will be held Friday, December 6, 2013 at 10 am to 11 am at Daniels Family Funeral Services Wyoming Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Noon Friday, December 6, 2013 at Queen of Heaven Catholic Church. Visitation will also be held from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Monday, December 9, 2013 at Daniels Family Funeral Services Wyoming Chapel located at 7601 Wyoming Blvd.

NE with the Rosary to be recited at 9 a.m. Interment will follow at Santa Fe National Cemetery at 12:45 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, Abelino’s family requests memorial contributions to be made to: Memory of Abelino J. Montoya, Sr., Disabled American Veterans-NEW MEXICO (DAV). Mail to: Disabled American Veterans-NEW MEXICO, 500 Gold Ave. S.W. Room 3116, Albuquerque, NM 87102. The New Mexico chapter telephone number is 505-346-4864. Please visit www.legacy.com to sign Abelino’s online guest book.

GENEVA INEZ GURULE (GEEGEE) Our beloved GeeGee went to be with our Lord on Monday, December 2, 2013 at age 53 due to a sudden illness. She was born to Alonso Gurule and Sarah Flores in Butte, Montana on December 29, 1959.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Sarah Flores; niece Nicole Romero; and sister Angela Gurule. She is survived by her father Alonso Gurule (Jenny) of Penasco; step-father Ralph Flores of Santa Fe; sisters Tina Gurule of Santa Fe and Brenda Gurule (Jimmy) of Glorieta; nephew JohnPaul Chavez (Raquel) of Santa Fe; great-niece Aliyah Chavez of Santa Fe and best friend Cecilia Nieto of Albuquerue.

She was a loving and caring person who had a heart of gold. She enjoyed being around kids because she was a kid at heart herself. She loved to travel. Her family and friends meant everything to her. We will truly miss her. Special thanks to Cecilia Nieto and her family for being so good to her. Thanks also to the doctors and nurses that took such good care of her at UNM ICU. Family viewing will be held on Friday, December 6th at 4 p.m. and Public Services will be at 6 p.m. at Riverside Funeral Home, 225 San Mateo NE, Albuquerque.

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LENA LEFEBRE Lena LeFebre, of Santa Fe, left us on November 30th after a battle with cancer. Preceded in death by husband Alfonso LeFebre, sisters Corine Encinias and spouse Joe, Rosie Gallegos and spouse Gus, brother Antonio Padilla and spouse Antonia.

She is survived by daughter Judith Albertson, son Danny LeFebre, grandchildren Lenal, Gary and spouse Savannah, Benito and Mariah. Great grandchildren Sef, Justine, Savannah, Shaniah Nicolas, Angelina, Joey, Kayla, Lilianna, Jacob and Carlitos, and many nieces and nephews.

Rosary to be recited at Cristo Rey Church, December 6th at 9:00am, funeral Mass at 10:00am. Following the Mass a gathering will be held at FOP. 3300 Calle Maria Luisa, Santa Fe, NM off Airport Rd. Burial to be held at Santa Fe National Cemetery at 1:30pm.

MARCIA MENDOZA-ORTIZ Was reborn on November 29, 2013. Marcia was born on May 8, 1968 to Samuel and Gloria Mendoza. A silent illness took our loving wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend so suddenly. She fought to stay alive for a whole week to no avail. She was tired; she fought for every last breath. Marci leaves a heart broken family. Her husband, Greg Martinez; children: Jaylene Rodriguez (Ben), Adrian Ortiz, Feliz Larranaga, Gabriella Mendoza (Buggy), Isabella Mendoza (Bella), Ashley and Leah Martinez; grandchildren, her loving Jayda, Miranda and Lucas; her brothers: Adan Mendoza (April and Ciera), Emiliano Mendoza ( Janelle, Amanda, Jason, Marissa and Serenity), Julio Mendoza (Melissa, Jadon and Jericho; her madrina (godmother) Irene Angel; grandmother, Laura Mendoza; her loving dogs, Chico and Duke who she spoiled and loved dearly. She leaves behind an extended family of Mendozas and Romeros. Her friends, Gabe Sandoval, Ray Padilla, Betty Jo Tapia, Dorothy Encinias, Josephine Soveranes, Mikki Otero, Renee Archuleta, Maxine Sandoval, Melissa Valencia, Dora Marquez, to name a few (too numerous).

Marcia was an employee with the City of Santa Fe. She worked at Sangre de Cristo Water Company, Santa Fe Police Department, Smith’s Grocery Store, Michael’s Arts and Crafts, and Big Lots. She raised 5 children on her own and our Lord sent her the love of her life, Greg. Marcia always made people smile and laugh. Her laughter was contagious. Her jokes were hilarious. If she teased you, that meant she loved you. Marci led an amazing life raising her children alone. They were her best friends and loved those "kick back" weekends, playing board games, watching movies, playing poker, dancing, snacking and bonding with her children. Family was her number one priority. She adored her father and mother, always taking care of their needs. She was so creative and took pride in her arts and crafts. Marci was attracted to the homeless. She made friends with homeless people she encountered and would give her last change to them. Our hearts are broken but she will no longer struggle trying to find out why she continued to get so ill. Now she knows, her illness was just part of her journey to meet our dear Lord and be at peace and finally now what true happiness is all about. She is already sending us little messages that she is at peace. We love you Marci. We shall be together again.

A Visitation will be held at Santa Maria de la Paz Catholic Church on Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. with a Rosary to follow at 7 p.m. A Mass will be celebrated at Santa Maria de la Paz Catholic Church on Friday, December 6, 2013 at 1 p.m. Please join us for a celebration meal at the Elks Lodge following Mass and we ask that you wear purple in honor of her favorite color for all services: Rosary and Funeral.

Donations are being accepted at any Guadalupe Credit Union under Marcia Ortiz.

Rivera Family Funerals and Cremations 417 East Rodeo Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 Phone: (505) 989-7032 Fax: (505) 820-0435 santafefuneraloption.com

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Fate of rock could unite Japan, South Korea

Inez Russell Gomez Editorial Page Editor

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ll the drama surrounding China’s declaration of a vast “air-defense identification zone” off its shores centers on the disputed islands known as the Senkaku

by Japan, which administers them, and the Diaoyu

by China, which challenges Tokyo’s claim. The new zone encompasses the airspace over the islands: Beijing wants any planes in the area to identify themselves beforehand or face unspecified, possibly military, action. Japan scoffs at this demand, as does the United States, which has accused China of unilaterally trying to alter the status quo by threat of force.

The issue has dominated Vice President Joe Biden’s travels to Tokyo and Beijing this week. The Japanese have been pushing the U.S. — which has recommended that American airlines respect China’s rules even if the U.S. military will not — to take an even tougher stand against Beijing. If he really wants to undercut China, though, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should be focusing on another island entirely.

Well, not an island exactly.

Socotra Rock is a submerged rock feature sitting 15 feet below the surface of the East China Sea. The nearest actual territory — less than 100 miles to the north — belongs to South Korea, which calls the rock Ieodo and has built a towering helipad and research station on top of it to reinforce its claim. China, which also claims the feature (which it calls Suyan Rock), has extended its air-defense zone to cover it as well.

Outraged commentators in Seoul have called on the government to extend its own air-defense zone into the area — something that wasn’t considered necessary when the zone was drawn (by the U.S. Air Force) in 1951. In fact, until now the only defense zone that included the airspace above Socotra Rock belonged

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T to Japan, which has made no claim on the feature whatsoever.

That last detail gives Abe an opening, as Rand Corp. analyst Scott Harold points out. The prime minister could score an easy PR coup by offering to redraw Japan’s air-defense area, in close consultation with Seoul. In effect, Japan would cede the airspace over Socotra to South Korea to monitor. Abe could even earn a few brownie points by publicly calling the rock Ieodo — an emotional issue for hardcore Korean nationalists — and offering to collaborate in the marine research taking place there.

Such a move would accomplish two critical goals. For one thing, it would underscore exactly what China did wrong in unilaterally declaring its defense zone.

Beijing is right that 20 other nations — including its two neighbors and the U.S. — have established their own such zones. But in doing so, none of them tried to restrict airspace claimed by another country. Where zones butted up next to one another, as in North America, the countries involved hashed out the

boundaries together. China’s zone is hardly so neighborly.

A show of cooperativeness here could also help thaw relations between Japan and South Korea, which have gone into a deep freeze. In recent weeks South Korean President Park Geun-hye has flatly declared that she sees no point in even sitting down to talk with Abe, whom she accuses of trying to whitewash Japan’s wartime record.

U.S. officials have fretted that Park, who received a rock star’s welcome when she visited Beijing in June, was drifting closer to China than to fellow U.S. ally Japan.

Chinese officials clearly recognize that they’ve blundered by nipping off the airspace over Socotra Rock. They vow to resolve any issues with South Korea through “friendly consultations and negotiations.” But Beijing can’t afford to back down on the boundaries of its zone, not least because of raging nationalist sentiment at home.

Japan can and should.

Shrinking its own air-defense zone a bit wouldn’t materially threaten the country’s security or its claim over the Senkaku/ Diaoyu. Even if South Korean

officials — some of whom have started to make friendlier noises about Japan in the last few days — don’t immediately respond, Abe would at least earn credit with the United States. If Seoul embraces the idea, all three nations would be able to present a stronger, more united front against China.

How to exploit that solidarity is a separate issue. In Tokyo, Biden said the U.S. was “deeply concerned” about China’s recent move but did not call for the zone’s outright rollback, knowing that would be an impossible demand.

The best one can probably hope for is that China quietly does not enforce the zone against Japanese, Korean and U.S. military planes that fly through without identifying themselves. That will only work, of course, if the three allies don’t loudly publicize their defiance and China’s lack of response. Abe should remember that some grand gestures are worth making — and some are not.

Nisid Hajari is a member of the Bloomberg View editorial board.

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Look closer at SFCC: A broken or ‘fixed’ system?

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retired from 30 years of teaching, so by habit I keep abreast of what is happening within the public schools.

Given that this is a time for property taxes to be due, I’m reminded of the community college. I have to say I’ve lost all confidence in our elected Santa Fe Community College board members. According to SFCC, “an extensive national search” was conducted to find Dr. Ana Guzmán. The board unanimously selected her, and now they’ve just fired her. According to Albuquerque Business First, search co-chairwoman Linda Siegle said, “Dr. Guzmán is expert in increasing student performance and in furthering the community college mission to serve employer needs.”

Dr. Guzmán came to SFCC with an impeccable record, having served on numerous boards. She is apparently known for record enrollments and unwavering advocacy for student success. Take stock as to what is happening at your community college. Perhaps the system at Santa Fe Community College is not broken. It’s “fixed.”

J. Rael

Santa Fe

An odd appearance I suppose the question has to be if this is “such a hostile environment toward a

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leader of an institution,” why does that leader want to be reinstated? And if it appears that the leader has poisoned the pool, then what kind of a leader is that?

Certainly, if so many are disaffected, something must be wrong beyond the appearance of “politics.”

Susan Craig

Santa Fe

Unflattering news I wanted to comment on the editorial (“Overactive police hurting N.M. image,” Dec. 2). I just returned from a 10-day tour to three European countries sponsored by the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce,

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visiting various religious shrines in those countries. At almost every stop, CNN and BBC World were available on TV in English in the local hotel rooms. While there, I saw the report about the incident in Taos in which a Tennessee woman was detained by the New Mexico State Police and shots were fired at her minivan. I personally saw that report on TV several times, including in Lisbon, Portugal and Barcelona, Spain. As a tour operator here in Santa Fe, I was appalled and embarrassed for our area. This kind of report is the last type of news that we want!

Clarice Coffey

Santa Fe

he city of Santa Fe should contest the recent state Court of Appeals decision allowing the sale of liquor at a business across from Sweeney Elementary School and the Sweeney Head Start Center on Airport Road. That’s not all, though. The city should seek legislation to make it easier to deny liquor licenses so close to schools.

Here’s what is at issue. It’s clear in state law that liquor establishments must be at least 300 feet away from a school or church; what is unclear is how to measure the distance.

Is it from the front door of the business? That’s what the business, Western Refining Southwest Inc., and state Alcohol and Gaming Division regulators argue — assisted by the Attorney General’s Office. The city of Santa Fe, though, believes that the measurement should be from property line to property line. A District Court judge agreed that state statute calls for the property line measure.

Figured that way, the properties are 155.05 feet apart, which would require a waiver that the city does not want to issue.

(Even without the more stringent measure, the school is a scant 377.53 feet away from the site of the Giant convenience store.)

Councilor Carmichael Dominguez, a proponent of using zoning to improve the quality of life in his South-side district, wants the city to appeal the ruling. Because the statute is unclear — it does not define what a property line means — an appeal is worth the effort. But the real effort needs to be at the Legislature so that state statute can make clearer what is prohibited and make it easier for cities and counties to keep liquor establishments away from children.

An earlier Supreme Court ruling from 1992 made the building where the liquor is being sold — the “licensed premises” — the basis for measurement; the present Supreme Court might follow suit. That’s why the city also must lobby its legislative delegation so that state law is clear that a property line is where the property begins.

After all, a business pays taxes on the entire plot, not just the building. Customers buying liquor will be parking in the lot. What’s more, given activities at liquor stores across town, we wouldn’t be surprised to see adults drinking in the lot, just as children are getting out of school. That’s why a store so close to the school presents a health and safety issue; just ask any child who has watched drunk men urinate in parking lots. The appeals court, in its recent decision, said it must consider the “nature of the use of the property.” The sight of intoxicated people drinking outside stores is commonplace; the Supreme Court should take that reality into consideration. Hair-splitting to benefit the liquor industry needs to stop.

Appeal the decision, but also get the Legislature to work to make sure the law means what the law says.

The past 100 years From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Dec. 5, 1913: Chicago — Public dancing in restaurants and cafes must stop. Mayor Harrison announced today that he will issue no more dance hall licenses to eating houses and those now in existence will not be renewed. Restaurant dancing constitutes a violation of the ‘cabaret’ ordinance, which prohibits patrons of eating places from dancing there, even though the dancing be removed to another room of the building according to Mayor Harrison.

Dec. 5, 1963: Five adults arrested last Monday have been charged with dangerous use of explosives or with unlawful possession and transporting of explosives in connection with several dynamite blasts which shook residential areas last week.

The five are 18- and 19-year-old youths involved in tossing halfsticks of dynamite from a moving car on at least two occasions Thanksgiving evening. They face a sentence of six months in jail if they are convicted.

Dec. 5, 1988: Employees of Sandia National Laboratories will have the opportunity to earn a Master of Business Administration from the College of Santa Fe, according to an agreement between the two institutions. Currently, 71 Sandia employees are undergraduate business students at the College of Santa Fe’s Albuquerque branch at Kirtland Air Force Base. To accommodate Sandia’s needs for specialists in certain areas, CSF will develop MBA concentrations in management information systems, human resource management and accounting, a college spokeswoman said. The College of Santa Fe also has a contract with Los Alamos National Laboratory to deliver MBA classes at LANL offices.

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UNM edges NMSU in age-old rivalry in the second half and got as close as 43-39 on Daniel Mullings jumper LAS CRUCES — Kendall Williams at 16:49, as Mullings scored eight of scored 24 points and Cameron BairNMSU’s first 10 points after the break. stow 20 as New Mexico defeated New NMSU was within 48-44 before UNM Mexico State 79-70 finally took control. Williams hit a 3, UNM 79 Wednesday night. then Neal was fouled on a 3-point shot NMSU 70 The Lobos (6-1) and converted all three free throws. have won 10 of Bairstow capped the 8-0 spurt with a the last 11 in the 109-year-old rivalry, dunk at the 10:21 mark for a 56-44 lead. including their sixth consecutive win The Lobos, whose last field goal on the Aggies’ floor, tying a school came at 2:36, had a 10-point lead with record.

1:05 left and then ensured the win by New Mexico broke a 16-all tie in making nine free throws. The Aggies the first half with an 8-0 run that was fans were called for a technical in capped by a 3-pointer by Cullen Neal the final minute after objects were with 10:39 left, and the lead grew to thrown onto the floor.

39-29 at halftime. NMSU struggled The Lobos made 29 of 37 free from the field, hitting just 9 of 27 and throws, including 22 of 26 in the sec0-for-5 on 3-pointers. ond half. The Aggies made 18 of 20.

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Robertson running back Dominic Lucero scored on this touchdown run against Taos on Nov. 30.

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Offensive line a big factor in Cardinals’ success

By Edmundo Carrillo The New Mexican

LAS VEGAS, N.M. — A lot has been said about the Las Vegas Robertson football team during its spirited run to the Class AAA championship game.

From the defense to the running backs to the coaching staff with championship ties, the Cardinals are getting a lot of attention, but one group has been overlooked — the offensive line.

“They’re the reason why we have yards and they’re the reason why we have a good offense,” said Robertson running back Dominic Lucero. “We have to give them credit. People don’t see it, but they’re our whole offense, basically.”

Lucero and fellow running back James Gonzales III ran all over Taos in last week’s 21-16 win in the AAA semifinals. Lucero ran for three touchdowns while Gonzales had 143 yards on the ground, but it was the offensive line that can be thanked for their performances.

62 from the field for a 38.7-percent clip and made just four of 19 from 3-point range. UNM got some production off the bench from someone not named Neal, as Nick Banyard, Deshawn Delaney and Arthur Edwards each had two points to match Neal’s six. Alex Kirk, a 2010 Los Alamos graduate, sat for most of the first half with two fouls and had just nine points in 23 minutes.

Mullings scored 16 points and Renaldo Dixon 15 for NMSU while 7-foot-5 Sim Bhullar grabbed 10 rebounds. Bhullar was 2-for-8 from the field, though, which cut into his 79.1-percent shooting (34-for-43) from NMSU’s Renaldo Dixon goes hard to the field entering the game. the basket while being guarded by New Mexico plays Cincinnati in UNM’s Alex Kirk on Wednesday.

The Pit on Saturday.

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Jaguars again look to hold off Johnson

By Mark Long The Associated Press

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars would love a repeat performance against Houston receiver Andre Johnson.

The Jaguars held the five-time Pro Bowler to two receptions for 36 yards in their first meeting 11 days ago, Johnson’s worst day in more than a year.

But the Jaguars (3-9) realize there’s little chance it happens again when the Texans (2-10) come to town for the rematch Thursday night. After all, this is the same inexperienced secondary that got torched by Arizona’s Michael Floyd for 193 yards last month, and by Cleveland’s Josh Gordon for 261 yards last week.

“You definitely don’t want to see those kind of performances on your secondary,” Jaguars cornerback Alan Ball said. “We have to put it behind us, learn from it and go from there.”

Sounds simple, but Johnson has a history of success against Jacksonville. He has 106 receptions for 1,470 yards and seven touchdowns in 18 career games against the Jaguars. And the best game of his 11-year career was a 14-catch, 273-yard performance against Jacksonville last year.

Johnson offered no reasons for his lack of production less than two weeks ago. Houston struggled all day,

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Thanks to an appeal by Ruidoso, St. Michael’s could move to District 2AAAA (formerly 2AAA) and rekindle district rivalries with schools like Las Vegas Robertson, which will make football games like this one from 2009 crackle with anticipation again. NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO

NMAA to hear 17 appeals to new two-year classification, alignment plan starting in the 2014-15 school year that the NMAA Board of Directors will hear on Thursday at its 9 a.m. meeting. This will be the last chance for ust like with any good drama, classificaschools to lobby the board for this alignment and tion and alignment for high school athletics classification plan that was approved on Nov. 20 wouldn’t be complete without a few twists.

The major change is that Class B will become A How about St. Michael’s returning to famil- and the rest of the classes will add an “A” to them. iar territory?

The NMAA’s classification and alignment comOr Desert Academy making one last attempt to mittee then used three-year enrollment averages move down a class from Class AAA? of all its member institutions to map out each class If that doesn’t interest you, what about Pecos tak- before placing schools in districts. ing the New Mexico Activities Association’s plan Among the changes in the plan that affected for classification and alignment for Class AAA and Northern schools are: re-making it? u Santa Fe High moving from Class AAAA These will be among the estimated 17 appeals (soon to be AAAAA) to Class AAAAAA, where it to the two-year classification and alignment block will be in District 1AAAAAA with Rio Rancho, Rio

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Rancho Cleveland, Albuquerque Volcano Vista and Albuquerque Cibola; u St. Michael’s moving into District 4/5AAAA for football, and pairing with Ruidoso, Portales, Roswell’s New Mexico Military Institute and Albuquerque Hope Christian; u Desert Academy moving from Class A to AAA based in part on the 1.3 multiplier the NMAA used on all private and boarding schools’ enrollments; u Pecos moving to District 6AAA with Estancia, Laguna-Acoma and Native American Community Academy.

Those four schools all filed appeals with the NMAA within three business days of the previous

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World Cup draw a metaphor for extravagance in 1938. Young Yves Rimet, in smart shorts and a tie, climbed onto a table to pick the names out of a glass jar.

OSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil — If Organizing the same process in this they wanted to look wasteful, paradise of beaches where sea turtles extravagant and divorced from lay eggs and sea breezes whisper in the gritty reality of Brazil’s millions coconut trees is costing FIFA and Braof poor, World Cup organizers outdid zilian authorities a cool $11 million. themselves by choosing this remote, To host the television extravaganza luxury beach resort as the venue for the World Cup draw has become a this week’s draw. mammoth white tent — more of an In the old days when football and aircraft hangar, really — has been its governing body, FIFA, didn’t take erected on the sand. At nearly 100,000 itself so seriously or burn money square feet, it is bigger than most of with such abandon, pitting one World the world’s cathedrals. It is carpeted Cup team against another used to be inside, so the high heels and smart simple. Jules Rimet, the Frenchman shoes of the 1,300 guests shouldn’t who founded the tournament in 1930, make a clatter. It is air conditioned against Brazil’s summer heat and got his grandson to make the draw

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powered by mobile generators. And all this will have to be dismantled, packed up and trucked out after Friday’s 90-minute show.

It looks, in short, like a wasteful folly, a metaphor for a World Cup where Brazil is spending far more than it said it would on the monthlong tournament. It built and renovated 12 stadiums, four more than FIFA actually needed. Back in 2007, when Brazil was bidding to host the World Cup, its football federation estimated the stadium costs at $1.1 billion. The estimates climbed to $2.2 billion by 2010. The government’s latest count is $3.4 billion.

It doesn’t take a genius to understand why protesters who flooded

Brazil’s streets in June added World Cup spending to their list of complaints. When the world’s seventhlargest economy isn’t providing decent public services for all of its 200 million people and has millions stuck in third-world poverty, extra care should have been taken to ensure that World Cup spending could be justified. Holding the draw in the exclusive Costa do Sauipe resort against this backdrop of popular discontent makes the World Cup look like a junket and its organizers appear tone deaf. As FIFA’s own website says, “Costa do Sauipe is a place to relax and have fun.”

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Western Conference Central GP W L OL Pts GFGA Chicago 29 20 5 4 44 105 80 St. Louis 26 18 5 3 39 91 60 Colorado 25 19 6 0 38 76 52 Minnesota 29 16 8 5 37 70 67 Dallas 26 13 9 4 30 74 76 Winnipeg 29 13 12 4 30 78 82 Nashville 28 13 12 3 29 63 78 Pacific GP W L OL Pts GFGA San Jose 27 19 3 5 43 96 62 Anaheim 30 18 7 5 41 93 80 Los Angeles 29 18 7 4 40 76 62 Phoenix 28 16 8 4 36 92 90 Vancouver 30 15 10 5 35 80 78 Calgary 27 10 13 4 24 74 94 Edmonton 29 9 18 2 20 75101 Note: Two points are awarded for a win; one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Wednesday’s Games Montreal 4, New Jersey 3, SO Philadelphia 6, Detroit 3 Calgary 4, Phoenix 1 Tuesday’s Games Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2, SO San Jose 4, Toronto 2 Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT Carolina 4, Washington 1 Columbus 1, Tampa Bay 0 Ottawa 4, Florida 2 Dallas 4, Chicago 3 Vancouver 3, Nashville 1 Phoenix 6, Edmonton 2 Thursday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Toronto, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Boston at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

NHL SUMMARIES Wednesday Flyers 6, Red Wings 3 Philadelphia 1 1 4—6 Detroit 1 2 0—3 First Period—1, Detroit, Tatar 4 (Miller, Andersson), 10:17. 2, Philadelphia, Downie 2 (Couturier, Read), 13:48 (pp).

Penalties—Quincey, Det (hooking), 12:13; Philadelphia bench, served by Downie (too many men), 18:38.

Second Period—3, Detroit, Franzen 8 (Weiss, Nyquist), 8:24. 4, Detroit, Tatar 5 (Samuelsson, Alfredsson), 10:13 (pp). 5, Philadelphia, Read 9 (Couturier, Hartnell), 16:38.

Penalties—Downie, Phi (holding stick), 9:04; Rinaldo, Phi (tripping), 9:12; Hartnell, Phi (roughing), 14:09; L.Schenn, Phi (charging), 16:47; Coburn, Phi (holding), 18:43.

Third Period—6, Philadelphia, Giroux 5 (Timonen, Hartnell), 5:15 (pp). 7, Philadelphia, Couturier 4 (Read, Downie), 8:28. 8, Philadelphia, Hartnell 6 (Giroux, Streit), 9:58 (pp). 9, Philadelphia, Couturier 5 (Raffl), 19:01 (en).

Penalties—Weiss, Det (hooking), 4:17; Kindl, Det (hooking), 8:36; Couturier, Phi (hooking), 15:08; Downie, Phi (roughing), 20:00; Rinaldo, Phi, double minor (roughing), 20:00; Abdelkader, Det (roughing), 20:00.

Shots on Goal—Philadelphia 10-1212—34. Detroit 10-16-9—35.

Power-play opportunities—Philadelphia 3 of 3; Detroit 1 of 7.

Goalies—Philadelphia, Mason 10-8-2 (35 shots-32 saves). Detroit, Howard 6-8-6 (33-28).

Referees—Ian Walsh, Chris Lee. Linesmen—Mark Shewchyk, John Grandt.

A—20,066. T—2:32.

Canadiens 4, Devils 3 (SO) Montreal 1 0 2 0—4 New Jersey 0 0 3 0—3 Montreal won shootout 2-1 First Period—1, Montreal, B.Gionta 5 (Briere, Plekanec), 10:36.

Penalties—Prust, Mon, major (fighting), 2:35; Janssen, NJ, major (fighting), 2:35.

Second Period—None.

Penalties—Zubrus, NJ (holding), 3:46; Pacioretty, Mon (interference), 12:11.

Third Period—2, New Jersey, Loktionov 3 (Zidlicky, Ryder), 4:19. 3, New Jersey, Ryder 7 (Boucher, Loktionov), 9:50. 4, Montreal, Eller 8 (Galchenyuk, Diaz), 16:10. 5, New Jersey, Elias 6, 18:54. 6, Montreal, Desharnais 3 (B.Gionta), 19:23.

Penalties—Jagr, NJ (holding), 6:07; Gallagher, Mon (hooking), 11:29; Brunner, NJ (hooking), 13:52.

Overtime—None.

Penalties—None.

Shootout—Montreal 2 (Eller G, Desharnais G), New Jersey 1 (Boucher G, T.Zajac NG, Elias NG).

Shots on Goal—Montreal 13-7-91—30. New Jersey 9-10-12-3—34.

Power-play opportunities—Montreal 0 of 3; New Jersey 0 of 2.

Goalies—Montreal, Budaj 5-1-1 (34 shots-31 saves). New Jersey, Schneider 4-5-4 (30-27).

Referees—Rob Martell, Kelly Sutherland. Linesmen—Ryan Galloway, Jonny Murray. A—12,742. T—2:37.

Flames 4, Coyotes 1 Phoenix 1 0 0—1 Calgary 1 2 1—4 First Period—1, Phoenix, Yandle 3 (Doan, Vermette), 4:47. 2, Calgary, Brodie 3 (Stajan, Hudler), 19:52.

Penalties—Smid, Cal (high-sticking), 8:01; Hanzal, Pho (hooking), 14:14.

Second Period—3, Calgary, Backlund 3 (Hudler, Butler), 5:48. 4, Calgary, Giordano 3 (Brodie, Colborne), 11:46 (pp).

Penalties—Hudler, Cal (high-sticking), :42; Hanzal, Pho (boarding), 9:48; O’Brien, Cal (roughing), 15:31.

Third Period—5, Calgary, Stempniak 5 (Stajan, Giordano), 2:44 (sh).

Penalties—Ramo, Cal, served by Cammalleri (high-sticking), 1:04; Murphy, Pho (delay of game), 4:06; Ramo, Cal, served by D.Jones (interference), 4:19.

Shots on Goal—Phoenix 11-10-9—30.

Calgary 3-11-4—18.

Power-play opportunities—Phoenix 0 of 5; Calgary 1 of 3.

Goalies—Phoenix, Greiss 3-2-0 (18 shots-14 saves). Calgary, Ramo 4-4-1 (30-29). A—19,289. T—2:21.

FOOTBALL FOOTBALL NFL American Conference East New England Miami N.Y. Jets Buffalo South Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville Houston North Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland West Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland

W 9 6 5 4 W 8 5 3 2 W 8 6 5 4 W 10 9 5 4

L 3 6 7 8 L 4 7 9 10 L 4 6 7 8 L 2 3 7 8

T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .500 .417 .333 Pct .667 .417 .250 .167 Pct .667 .500 .417 .333 Pct .833 .750 .417 .333

PF PA 322 261 252 248 189 310 267 307 PF PA 285 274 264 267 174 352 230 323 PF PA 292 216 249 235 263 278 231 297 PF PA 464 317 298 214 279 277 237 300

National Conference East W L T Dallas 7 5 0 Philadelphia 7 5 0 N.Y. Giants 5 7 0 Washington 3 9 0 South W L T New Orleans 9 3 0 Carolina 9 3 0 Tampa Bay 3 9 0 Atlanta 3 9 0 North W L T Detroit 7 5 0 Chicago 6 6 0 Green Bay 5 6 1 Minnesota 3 8 1 West W L T x-Seattle 11 1 0 San Francisco 8 4 0 Arizona 7 5 0 St. Louis 5 7 0 x-clinched playoff spot

Pct .583 .583 .417 .250 Pct .750 .750 .250 .250 Pct .583 .500 .458 .292 Pct .917 .667 .583 .417

PF PA 329 303 300 281 237 297 269 362 PF PA 312 230 285 157 217 285 261 340 PF PA 326 287 323 332 294 305 289 366 PF PA 340 186 297 197 275 247 279 278

Week 14 Thursday’s Game Houston at Jacksonville, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Atlanta at Green Bay, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

Kansas City at Washington, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

Miami at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Detroit at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Cleveland at New England, 11 a.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at Denver, 2:05 p.m.

Seattle at San Francisco, 2:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at San Diego, 2:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 2:25 p.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 9 Dallas at Chicago, 6:40 p.m.

TODAY’S NFL INJURY REPORT The updated National Football League injury report, as provided by the league: HOUSTON TEXANS at JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS TEXANS: QUESTIONABLE: RB Greg Jones (knee). PROBABLE: CB Kareem Jackson (ribs), CB Johnathan Joseph (groin), S Shiloh Keo (neck), LB Joe Mays (knee), CB Brice McCain (hamstring), LB Whitney Mercilus (hip), LB Mike Mohamed (hamstring), C Chris Myers (elbow), T Derek Newton (knee), LB Darryl Sharpton (knee), DE Antonio Smith (not injury related), G Wade Smith (knee), S Jawanza Starling (foot), S D.J. Swearinger (foot), LB Jeff Tarpinian (groin), RB Ben Tate (ribs, ankle). JAGUARS: OUT: WR Stephen Burton (concussion), S Josh Evans (shouder), RB Justin Forsett (foot). PROBABLE: DE Andre Branch (knee), WR Mike Brown (shoulder), CB Mike Harris (hip), LB Geno Hayes (knee), TE Marcedes Lewis (knee), DT Roy Miller (shoulder), G Austin Pasztor (shoulder), G Will Rackley (elbow), WR Cecil Shorts III (groin), LB Nate Stupar (chest).

NFL LEADERS AFC Week 13 Quarterbacks Att Com Yds TD Int P. Manning, DEN 480 327 4125 41 9 P. Rivers, SND 434 304 3633 23 9 Rthlsbrgr, PIT 461 297 3375 21 10 Brady, NWE 471 286 3267 19 8 Locker, TEN 183 111 1256 8 4 Keenum, HOU 190 103 1433 8 3 Dalton, CIN 433 266 3144 22 16 Ale. Smith, KAN 440 261 2736 16 6 Tannehill, MIA 451 280 3115 17 13 Manuel, BUF 249 145 1595 9 4 Rushers Att Yds Avg LG TD J. Charles, KAN 219 1011 4.62 46 9 Moreno, DEN 202 842 4.17 25t 9 Ry. Mthws, SND 178 782 4.39 51 3 Chr. Jhnsn, TEN 205 774 3.78 30t 4 138 656 4.75 77 2 Spiller, BUF Be. Tate, HOU 151 646 4.28 60 4 F. Jackson, BUF 152 633 4.16 59 7 Jones-Drew, JAX 194 616 3.18 44 5 Green-Ellis, CIN 176 614 3.49 25 4 R. Jennings, OAK126 588 4.67 80t 4 Receivers No Yds Avg LG TD Ant. Brown, PIT 85 1103 13.0 47t 6 And. Jhnsn, HOU 82 1123 13.7 62t 5 A.. Green, CIN 72 1103 15.3 82t 7 Ke. Wright, TEN 71 840 11.8 45 2 Edelman, NWE 70 711 10.2 44 4 Welker, DEN 68 717 10.5 33 9 De. Thomas, DEN 67 1061 15.8 78t 10 J. Gordon, CLE 64 1249 19.5 95t 7 Shorts III, JAX 64 764 11.9 59 2 A. Gates, SND 64 726 11.3 56t 3 Punters No Yds LG Avg Fields, MIA 61 2984 66 48.9 M. King, OAK 71 3474 66 48.9 Lechler, HOU 62 2986 65 48.2 S. Powell, BUF 35 1613 66 46.1 Anger, JAX 75 3449 61 46.0 Quigley, NYJ 59 2713 67 46.0 Ry. Allen, NWE 59 2706 65 45.9 McAfee, IND 54 2470 60 45.7 D. Colquitt, KAN 71 3224 65 45.4 Huber, CIN 59 2643 75 44.8 Punt Returners No Yds Avg LG TD Doss, BAL 23 359 15.6 82t 1 Ant. Brown, PIT 20 255 12.8 50 0 Benjamin, CLE 22 257 11.7 79t 1 Edelman, NWE 30 349 11.6 43 0 McCluster, KAN 47 454 9.7 89t 1 Holliday, DEN 26 250 9.6 81t 1 Hilton, IND 17 159 9.4 34 0 Thigpen, MIA 24 206 8.6 34 0 K. Martin, HOU 29 243 8.4 87t 1 25 201 8.0 29 0 Br. Tate, CIN Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Holliday, DEN 20 568 28.4 105t 1 Todman, JAX 22 614 27.9 59 0 Q. Demps, KAN 23 641 27.9 57 0 K. Martin, HOU 31 824 26.6 50 0 Jac. Jones, BAL 17 450 26.5 73 0 Br. Tate, CIN 24 615 25.6 71 0 Ta. Jones, OAK 16 394 24.6 41 0 D. Reed, IND 24 590 24.6 39 0 Cribbs, NYJ 20 490 24.5 42 0 Thigpen, MIA 27 658 24.4 50 0 Scoring Touchdowns TD RushRec Ret Pt J. Charles, KAN 11 9 2 0 66 Moreno, DEN 11 9 2 0 66 De. Thomas, DEN 10 0 10 0 60 Ju. Thomas, DEN 10 0 10 0 60 Welker, DEN 9 0 9 0 54 Cotchery, PIT 8 0 8 0 48 F. Jackson, BUF 8 7 1 0 48 Bernard, CIN 7 4 3 0 42 Decker, DEN 7 0 7 0 42 J. Gordon, CLE 7 0 7 0 42

Kicking PAT Gostkwski, NWE 34-34 J. Tucker, BAL 22-22 M. Prater, DEN 59-59 Vinatieri, IND 23-23 Novak, SND 30-30 Suisham, PIT 25-25 D. Carpentr, BUF 26-26 Sturgis, MIA 25-25 Succop, KAN 34-34

FG 28-30 29-31 15-16 26-29 23-26 24-26 23-25 23-30 20-23

LG 54 53 54 52 50 48 55 54 51

Pts 118 109 104 101 99 97 95 94 94

NFC Week 13 Quarterbacks Att Com Yds TD Int Foles, PHL 196 124 1791 19 0 R. Wilson, SEA 305 198 2672 22 6 A. Rodgers, GBY 251 168 2218 15 4 Brees, NOR 477 323 3794 29 8 J. McCown, CHI 184 120 1461 9 1 Romo, DAL 440 285 3140 24 7 S. Bradford, STL 262 159 1687 14 4 Glennon, TAM 290 182 1962 13 5 M. Ryan, ATL 490 325 3471 19 12 M. Stafford, DET 500 296 3825 27 14 Rushers Att Yds Avg LG TD A. Petersn, MIN 261 1208 4.63 78t 10 L. McCoy, PHL 232 1088 4.69 41t 5 A. Morris, WAS 206 996 4.83 45t 6 Forte, CHI 214 971 4.54 55 7 M. Lynch, SEA 224 970 4.33 43 9 Re. Bush, DET 180 854 4.74 39 3 Lacy, GBY 207 822 3.97 56 6 Gore, SNF 203 821 4.04 34t 8 D. Murray, DAL 142 697 4.91 41 7 Stacy, STL 160 696 4.35 35 4 Receivers No Yds Avg LG TD Garcon, WAS 84 980 11.7 44 3 B. Marshall, CHI 78 990 12.7 44 9 Cal. Jhnsn, DET 72 1299 18.0 87 12 Jeffery, CHI 70 1109 15.8 80t 5 J. Graham, NOR 68 988 14.5 56t 12 D. Bryant, DAL 68 896 13.2 79 9 Cruz, NYG 66 931 14.1 70t 4 Douglas, ATL 66 906 13.7 80t 2 J. Nelson, GBY 63 961 15.3 76t 7 Gonzalez, ATL 62 653 10.5 25 5 Punters No Yds LG Avg A. Lee, SNF 62 3018 62 48.7 S. Martin, DET 48 2308 72 48.1 Nortman, CAR 49 2327 72 47.5 Weatherfrd, NYG 66 3119 68 47.3 Morstead, NOR 44 2074 61 47.1 Bosher, ATL 48 2206 63 46.0 Hekker, STL 60 2760 63 46.0 Donn. Jones, PHL65 2946 70 45.3 Chr. Jones, DAL 66 2986 62 45.2 Punt Returners No Yds Avg LG TD Dw. Harris, DAL 17 238 14.0 86t 1 Sherels, MIN 16 209 13.1 86t 1 Hyde, GBY 19 242 12.7 93t 1 Ginn Jr., CAR 19 231 12.2 41 0 G. Tate, SEA 36 418 11.6 71 0 Hester, CHI 15 167 11.1 81t 1 Page, TAM 20 221 11.1 52 0 T. Austin, STL 32 279 8.7 98t 1 R. Randle, NYG 25 210 8.4 32 0 Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD C. Patterson, MIN 32 1088 34.0 109t 2 Dw. Harris, DAL 22 689 31.3 90 0 Hester, CHI 36 1015 28.2 80 0 Page, TAM 15 399 26.6 44 0 Dam. Jhnsn, PHL 17 441 25.9 33 0 Spurlock, DET 15 338 22.5 36 0 Scoring Touchdowns TD RushRec Ret Pt J. Graham, NOR 12 0 12 0 72 Cal. Jhnsn, DET 12 0 12 0 72 M. Lynch, SEA 11 9 2 0 66 A. Peterson, MIN 11 10 1 0 66 Ve. Davis, SNF 10 0 10 0 60 B. Marshall, CHI 9 0 9 0 56 D. Bryant, DAL 9 0 9 0 54 Fitzgerald, ARI 9 0 9 0 54 Forte, CHI 8 7 1 0 50 Kicking PAT FG LG Pts Hauschka, SEA 36-36 26-27 53 114 Crosby, GBY 30-30 26-30 57 108 Walsh, MIN 31-32 22-25 54 97 Hartley, NOR 36-36 20-26 55 96 Gould, CHI 32-33 21-24 58 95 D. Bailey, DAL 36-36 19-21 53 93 Feely, ARI 27-27 22-24 52 93 P. Dawson, SNF 34-34 19-22 55 91 Henery, PHL 34-34 18-23 48 88

NCAA FOOTBALL The AP Top 25 Thursday’s Game No. 19 Louisville at Cincinnati, 5:30 p.m.

Friday’s Game No. 16 Northern Illinois vs. Bowling Green, MAC championship at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s Games No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 20 Duke, ACC championship at Charlotte, N.C., 6 p.m.

No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 10 Michigan State, Big Ten championship at Indianapolis, 6 p.m.

No. 3 Auburn vs. No. 5 Missouri, SEC championship at Atlanta, 2 p.m.

No. 6 Oklahoma State vs. No. 18 Oklahoma, 10 a.m.

No. 7 Stanford at No. 11 Arizona State, Pac-12 championship, 5:45 p.m.

No. 9 Baylor vs. No. 23 Texas, 1:30 p.m.

No. 15 UCF at SMU, 10 a.m.

No. 24 Fresno State vs. Utah State, MWC championship, 8 p.m.

College Football Schedule (Subject to change) Saturday’s Games East Memphis (3-8) at UConn (2-9), 11 a.m.

South Florida (2-9) at Rutgers (5-6), 5:30 p.m.

South Conference USA championship, Marshall at Rice, 10 a.m.

Southern U. (8-4) vs. Jackson St. (7-3) at Houston, Noon Louisiana-Lafayette (8-3) at South Alabama (5-6), 6 p.m.

Southwest SWAC championship, Jackson St. (8-3) vs. Southern U. (8-4), at Houston, Noon FCS PLAYOFFS Second Round Fordham (12-1) at Towson (10-2), 11 a.m.

Coastal Carolina (11-2) at Montana (10-2), Noon New Hampshire (8-4) at Maine (10-2), Noon Tennessee State (10-3) at Eastern Illinois (11-1), Noon Furman (8-5) at North Dakota State (11-0), 1:30 p.m.

South Dakota State (9-4) at Eastern Washington (10-2), 2 p.m.

Jacksonville State (10-3) at McNeese State (10-2), 5 p.m.

Sam Houston State (9-4) at Southeastern Louisiana (10-2), 6 p.m.

Division II Playoffs Quarterfinals Saturday’s Games West Chester (12-1) at Shepherd (11-0), 10 a.m.

North Alabama (10-2) at Lenoir-Rhyne (11-1), 10 a.m.

West Texas A&M (11-2) at Grand Valley State (11-2), 11 a.m.

St. Cloud State (12-1) at Northwest Missouri State (12-0), 11 a.m.

Division III Playoffs Quarterfinals Saturday’s Games Wesley (10-2) at Mount Union (12-0), 10 a.m.

Bethel (Minn.) (12-0) at North Central (Ill.) (12-0), 11 a.m.

St. John Fisher (10-2) at Mary HardinBaylor (12-0), 11 a.m.

Wisconsin-Whitewater (12-0) at Linfield (11-0), 11 a.m.

Pistons 105, Bucks 98

BASKETBALL BASKETBALL NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic Boston Philadelphia Toronto Brooklyn New York Southeast Miami Washington Atlanta Charlotte Orlando Central Indiana Detroit Chicago Cleveland Milwaukee

W 8 7 6 5 3 W 14 9 10 8 6 W 17 9 7 6 3

L 12 12 11 13 13 L 4 9 10 11 12 L 2 10 9 12 15

Pct .400 .368 .353 .278 .188 Pct .778 .500 .500 .421 .333 Pct .895 .474 .438 .333 .167

GB — ½ ½ 2 3 GB — 5 5 6½ 8 GB — 8 8½ 10½ 13½

Western Conference Southwest W L Pct GB San Antonio 15 3 .833 — Houston 13 7 .650 3 Dallas 12 8 .600 4 Memphis 9 8 .529 5½ New Orleans 9 9 .500 6 Northwest W L Pct GB Portland 16 3 .842 — Oklahoma City 13 4 .765 2 Denver 11 7 .611 4½ Minnesota 9 10 .474 7 Utah 4 16 .200 12½ Pacific W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 12 7 .632 — Golden State 11 8 .579 1 Phoenix 10 9 .526 2 L.A. Lakers 9 9 .500 2½ Sacramento 4 12 .250 6½ Wednesday’s Games Cleveland 98, Denver 88 Atlanta 107, L.A. Clippers 97 Phoenix 97, Houston 88 Detroit 105, Milwaukee 98 Dallas 100, New Orleans 97 Indiana 95, Utah 86 San Antonio at Minnesota, ppd.

Portland 111, Oklahoma City 104 Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 126, Orlando 125 (2OT) Denver 111, Brooklyn 87 Boston 108, Milwaukee 100 Detroit 107, Miami 97 Memphis 110, Phoenix 91 Dallas 89, Charlotte 82 Oklahoma City 97, Sacramento 95 Golden State 112, Toronto 103 Thursday’s Games New York at Brooklyn, 5 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Miami at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Milwaukee at Washington, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Denver at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Golden State at Houston, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

NBA Calendar Jan. 6 — 10-day contracts can be signed.

Jan. 10 — Contracts guaranteed for rest of season.

Feb. 14-16 — All-Star weekend, New Orleans.

NBA BOXSCORES Wednesday Cavaliers 98, Nuggets 88 DENVER (88) Chandler 5-13 1-1 13, Faried 3-6 1-1 7, Hickson 7-13 1-2 15, Lawson 1-13 2-3 4, Foye 4-8 5-5 16, Mozgov 4-6 0-0 8, Arthur 4-11 0-0 8, Robinson 7-15 0-1 14, A.Miller 0-2 0-0 0, Hamilton 1-5 0-0 3, Fournier 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-92 10-13 88.

CLEVELAND (98) Gee 2-8 2-2 7, Thompson 6-13 5-6 17, Bynum 6-15 2-2 14, Irving 9-20 3-3 23, Miles 0-4 0-0 0, Waiters 2-8 1-2 5, Jack 2-7 1-1 6, Bennett 2-5 0-0 5, Varejao 7-9 4-6 18, Clark 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 37-91 19-24 98.

Denver 24 28 21 15—88 Cleveland 31 25 23 19—98 3-Point Goals—Denver 6-23 (Foye 3-6, Chandler 2-7, Hamilton 1-4, Arthur 0-1, Robinson 0-2, Lawson 0-3), Cleveland 5-14 (Irving 2-5, Bennett 1-1, Jack 1-2, Gee 1-2, Clark 0-1, Waiters 0-1, Miles 0-2).

Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Denver 48 (Hickson 11), Cleveland 70 (Thompson 21). Assists—Denver 27 (Lawson 11), Cleveland 20 (Waiters 6). Total Fouls—Denver 22, Cleveland 10. Technicals—A.Miller, Robinson, Cleveland delay of game. Flagrant Fouls—Bynum. A—14,642.

Hawks 107, Clippers 97 L.A. CLIPPERS (97) Dudley 4-10 0-0 9, Griffin 10-17 4-4 24, Jordan 3-3 0-4 6, Paul 7-17 5-6 19, Green 3-9 2-2 9, Crawford 5-12 3-3 13, Collison 5-10 1-1 13, Jamison 0-2 0-0 0, Hollins 1-1 0-0 2, Bullock 0-0 0-0 0, Mullens 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 39-83 15-20 97.

ATLANTA (107) Carroll 4-6 2-2 12, Millsap 12-20 0-2 25, Horford 8-17 5-8 21, Teague 2-5 1-1 6, Korver 8-12 1-1 23, Brand 0-2 0-0 0, Williams 1-5 0-0 3, Mack 5-9 2-2 12, Martin 1-2 0-0 3, Scott 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 42-82 11-16 107.

L.A. Clippers 21 23 26 27—97 Atlanta 29 26 24 28—107 3-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 4-19 (Collison 2-3, Green 1-2, Dudley 1-5, Jamison 0-1, Mullens 0-1, Paul 0-3, Crawford 0-4), Atlanta 12-23 (Korver 6-9, Carroll 2-2, Teague 1-1, Martin 1-2, Millsap 1-3, Williams 1-3, Horford 0-1, Mack 0-2). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—L.A. Clippers 46 (Jordan 13), Atlanta 48 (Horford, Millsap 9). Assists—L.A. Clippers 22 (Paul 11), Atlanta 28 (Teague, Millsap 6). Total Fouls—L.A. Clippers 16, Atlanta 22. Technicals—Atlanta Coach Budenholzer, Atlanta defensive three second 2. A—12,020.

Suns 97, Rockets 88 PHOENIX (97) Tucker 8-13 0-2 18, Frye 6-12 0-0 14, Plumlee 2-7 0-0 4, Bledsoe 7-14 3-4 20, Dragic 6-11 5-6 19, Green 1-8 2-2 4, Mark.Morris 2-8 4-4 8, Kravtsov 0-0 0-0 0, Marc.Morris 3-5 0-0 8, Goodwin 1-1 0-1 2. Totals 36-79 14-19 97.

HOUSTON (88) Garcia 3-9 0-0 8, Jones 4-9 0-0 8, Howard 4-11 7-9 15, Beverley 4-10 2-2 12, Harden 3-17 8-8 14, Brooks 7-18 0-0 17, Casspi 6-13 0-0 14, Motiejunas 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-88 17-19 88.

Phoenix 25 26 22 24—97 Houston 20 20 21 27—88 3-Point Goals—Phoenix 11-24 (Bledsoe 3-4, Tucker 2-2, Marc.Morris 2-3, Dragic 2-5, Frye 2-6, Green 0-4), Houston 9-31 (Brooks 3-5, Casspi 2-3, Beverley 2-5, Garcia 2-7, Jones 0-1, Harden 0-10). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Phoenix 48 (Plumlee 9), Houston 59 (Howard 18). Assists— Phoenix 17 (Bledsoe 7), Houston 13 (Brooks 6). Total Fouls—Phoenix 23, Houston 20. Technicals—Green, Houston Coach McHale, Houston defensive three second. A—18,151.

DETROIT (105) Smith 6-19 4-5 17, Monroe 6-15 6-6 18, Drummond 8-13 8-14 24, Jennings 4-16 7-8 17, Caldwell-Pope 3-6 0-2 8, Singler 5-6 3-3 15, Stuckey 1-8 2-2 4, Jerebko 0-1 2-2 2, Siva 0-0 0-0 0, Harrellson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 33-86 32-42 105.

MILWAUKEE (98) Middleton 5-6 0-0 14, Udoh 1-4 1-2 3, Henson 5-14 2-2 12, Knight 4-11 3-5 12, Mayo 2-8 2-2 7, Pachulia 0-2 2-2 2, Ilyasova 8-19 4-5 22, Ridnour 4-10 2-2 10, Antetokounmpo 3-5 0-1 6, Neal 3-11 1-1 8, Raduljica 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 36-91 17-22 98.

Detroit 26 19 35 25 —105 Milwaukee 19 31 17 31 —98 3-Point Goals—Detroit 7-21 (Singler 2-3, Caldwell-Pope 2-4, Jennings 2-5, Smith 1-6, Stuckey 0-3), Milwaukee 9-27 (Middleton 4-5, Ilyasova 2-6, Knight 1-4, Neal 1-4, Mayo 1-5, Ridnour 0-1, Antetokounmpo 0-2). Fouled Out—Singler. Rebounds—Detroit 71 (Drummond 19), Milwaukee 52 (Ilyasova 10). Assists—Detroit 21 (Jennings 11), Milwaukee 25 (Ridnour 8). Total Fouls—Detroit 21, Milwaukee 29. A—12,835.

Mavericks 100, Pelicans 97 DALLAS (100) Nowitzki 7-17 6-8 21, Marion 4-8 0-0 10, Blair 6-10 0-3 12, Ellis 5-13 4-6 14, Calderon 4-11 1-1 12, Carter 5-9 2-2 15, Crowder 2-6 2-2 7, Dalembert 3-6 0-0 6, Ellington 0-2 0-0 0, Mekel 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 37-86 15-22 100.

NEW ORLEANS (97) Aminu 8-17 0-0 16, Anderson 6-19 5-5 18, Smith 6-10 0-0 12, Holiday 10-17 2-2 26, Gordon 6-14 1-2 15, Evans 1-9 6-6 8, Morrow 0-5 0-0 0, Amundson 0-0 0-0 0, Roberts 1-2 0-0 2, Miller 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-94 14-15 97.

Dallas 27 25 23 25 —100 New Orleans 24 29 24 20 —97 3-Point Goals—Dallas 11-24 (Carter 3-4, Calderon 3-10, Marion 2-3, Mekel 1-1, Crowder 1-2, Nowitzki 1-3, Ellington 0-1), New Orleans 7-22 (Holiday 4-5, Gordon 2-5, Anderson 1-5, Miller 0-1, Aminu 0-1, Evans 0-1, Morrow 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Dallas 46 (Dalembert, Nowitzki 7), New Orleans 67 (Aminu 21). Assists— Dallas 25 (Ellis 10), New Orleans 21 (Holiday 9). Total Fouls—Dallas 16, New Orleans 17. Technicals—Dallas defensive three second, New Orleans defensive three second. A—14,524.

Pacers 95, Jazz 86 INDIANA (95) George 7-20 4-4 19, West 5-14 0-0 10, Hibbert 6-9 1-2 13, G.Hill 5-9 0-0 10, Stephenson 6-11 3-5 15, Scola 6-12 2-2 14, Johnson 2-4 0-0 4, Watson 2-3 2-2 8, Mahinmi 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 40-84 12-15 95.

UTAH (86) Jefferson 2-6 0-0 4, Favors 9-18 4-4 22, Kanter 8-18 4-4 20, Burke 5-12 1-2 13, Hayward 3-14 4-4 12, Burks 4-10 3-4 11, Rush 1-1 0-0 2, Gobert 0-0 0-0 0, Biedrins 0-0 0-0 0, Garrett 0-0 0-0 0, Harris 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 33-80 16-18 86.

Indiana 17 30 21 27—95 Utah 23 25 19 19—86 3-Point Goals—Indiana 3-16 (Watson 2-3, George 1-8, Stephenson 0-1, G.Hill 0-2, Johnson 0-2), Utah 4-11 (Burke 2-2, Hayward 2-7, Jefferson 0-2).

Fouled Out—Hibbert. Rebounds— Indiana 48 (Hibbert 9), Utah 48 (Favors 13). Assists—Indiana 24 (West 8), Utah 21 (Burke 9). Total Fouls— Indiana 17, Utah 20. Technicals— Stephenson, Indiana defensive three second. A—15,519.

Trail Blazers 111, Thunder 104 OKLAHOMA CITY (104) Durant 11-23 10-12 33, Ibaka 6-13 1-1 13, Perkins 0-0 0-0 0, Westbrook 7-17 5-5 21, Sefolosha 1-4 0-0 2, Adams 2-3 1-2 5, Jackson 4-11 2-2 12, Lamb 5-10 0-0 10, Collison 1-3 2-2 4, Jones 1-1 0-0 2, Fisher 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 39-89 21-24 104.

PORTLAND (111) Batum 6-10 0-0 14, Aldridge 17-28 4-4 38, Lopez 6-11 0-0 12, Lillard 4-14 4-5 14, Matthews 4-12 4-4 13, Williams 2-9 1-2 7, Freeland 0-2 2-2 2, Wright 3-7 0-0 7, Robinson 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 44-98 15-17 111.

Oklahoma City 27 32 21 24—104 Portland 25 23 35 28—111 3-Point Goals—Oklahoma City 5-11 (Jackson 2-2, Westbrook 2-4, Durant 1-3, Lamb 0-1, Fisher 0-1), Portland 8-23 (Williams 2-3, Batum 2-5, Lillard 2-7, Wright 1-4, Matthews 1-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Oklahoma City 51 (Ibaka 10), Portland 58 (Aldridge 13). Assists—Oklahoma City 11 (Westbrook 5), Portland 22 (Lillard, Williams 6). Total Fouls—Oklahoma City 23, Portland 16. Technicals— Oklahoma City Coach Brooks, Portland Coach Stotts, Portland defensive three second. A—18,950.

NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL Top 25 Wednesday’s Games North Carolina 79, No. 1 Michigan State 65 No. 5 Ohio State 76, Maryland 60 No. 7 Louisville 90, UMKC 62 No. 8 Wisconsin 48, Virginia 38 No. 14 Villanova 77, Pennsylvania 54 No. 25 Dayton 56, Delaware State 46 Tuesday’s Games No. 2 Arizona 79, Texas Tech 58 No. 4 Syracuse 69, Indiana 52 No. 10 Duke 79, No. 22 Michigan 69 No. 21 UMass 69, Eastern Michigan 57 No. 23 Iowa 98, Notre Dame 93 No. 18 UCLA 95, UC Santa Barbara 79 Thursday’s Game No. 24 San Diego State at San Diego, 9 p.m.

Friday’s Games No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 20 Baylor at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, 8 p.m.

No. 9 Oklahoma State vs. South Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

No. 12 UConn vs. Maine at the XL Center, Hartford, Conn., 5 p.m.

NCAA Men’s Division I Wednesday’s Games East American U. 76, Howard 53 Binghamton 74, Mount St. Mary’s 70 Bryant 72, Yale 64 CCSU 65, New Hampshire 56 Columbia 81, Army 64 Drexel 85, Cleveland St. 82, 3OT Duquesne 94, UMBC 88 Fordham 79, Furman 48 George Washington 93, Rutgers 87 Harvard 72, Northeastern 64 Holy Cross 62, Albany (NY) 57 Iona 83, Marist 74 La Salle 75, Hartford 62 Lehigh 57, St. Francis (Pa.) 50 Loyola (Md.) 87, Catholic 75 NJIT 81, Maine 72 Navy 79, The Citadel 74 Sacred Heart 73, Hofstra 59 Stony Brook 77, Fairleigh Dickinson 62 Temple 77, Saint Joseph’s 69 Villanova 77, Penn 54 South Alabama 76, North Florida 48 Appalachian St. 78, North Greenville 70 Coastal Carolina 76, W. Carolina 68

Davidson 87, Charlotte 78, OT ETSU 80, Austin Peay 74 Georgia Southern 75, Brewton-Parker 66 Georgia St. 71, Young Harris 54 Longwood 95, WVU Tech 80 Louisiana-Lafayette 89, Louisiana Tech 80 Louisville 90, UMKC 62 Murray St. 65, Evansville 63 NC State 69, Northwestern 48 Radford 111, Cent. Pennsylvania 72 Richmond 71, William & Mary 60 South Florida 68, George Mason 66 Southern Miss. 74, Morehead St. 60 UT-Martin 89, Samford 73 Wake Forest 72, Tulane 57 Wisconsin 48, Virginia 38 Wofford 65, Gardner-Webb 62 Southwest Houston Baptist 73, Rice 71 Incarnate Word 77, St. Edward’s 67 Texas A&M 74, Houston 57 Texas St. 79, Cedarville 58 Tulsa 98, Texas Southern 71 Midwest Bucknell 66, Kent St. 59 Dayton 56, Delaware St. 46 IUPUI 72, Bradley 66 Illinois St. 75, Chicago St. 56 Missouri St. 81, Cameron 57 Nebraska 60, Miami 49 North Carolina 79, Michigan St. 65 Ohio St. 76, Maryland 60 Purdue 88, Boston College 67 S. Dakota St. 88, Dakota St. 62 SMU 73, Ill.-Chicago 65 Toledo 91, Detroit 75 Valparaiso 69, Ball St. 50 W. Illinois 60, E. Illinois 32 Youngstown St. 84, Robert Morris 76 Far West Cal St.-Fullerton 78, Pepperdine 64 New Mexico 79, New Mexico St. 70

NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Top 25 Wednesday’s Games No. 4 Notre Dame 77, No. 10 Penn St. 67 No. 8 Maryland 67, Ohio State 55 No. 11 Colorado 63, Wyoming 59 No. 18 North Carolina 75, No. 15 Nebraska 62 No. 17 Oklahoma 97, Western Illinois 80 No. 20 Iowa St. 83, Northern Iowa 55 Thursday’s Games No. 1 UConn vs. UC Davis, 5 p.m.

No. 2 Duke vs. No. 16 Purdue, 4:30 p.m.

No. 22 Syracuse at No. 25 Iowa, 5 p.m.

Friday’s Game No. 5 Kentucky vs. No. 9 Baylor at Arlington, Texas, 5:30 p.m.

NCAA Women’s Division I Wednesday’s Games East Albany (NY) 81, Dartmouth 59 Boston U. 66, UMass 63 Brown 66, Rhode Island 56 Bucknell 78, Towson 62 Buffalo 87, St. Francis (Pa.) 77 Colgate 65, Drexel 60 Cornell 63, Binghamton 55 Holy Cross 70, Northeastern 62 Howard 45, New Hampshire 40 James Madison 71, Pittsburgh 61 Notre Dame 77, Penn St. 67 Quinnipiac 62, Hartford 49 Saint Joseph’s 73, Temple 53 St. Bonaventure 61, Canisius 47 St. Francis (NY) 73, Columbia 47 Stony Brook 77, St. Peter’s 47 Yale 72, Bryant 61 Midwest Arkansas 64, Kansas 53 Cincinnati 75, Morehead St. 44 E. Illinois 71, Bradley 67 E. Michigan 82, Loyola of Chicago 64 Evansville 80, IPFW 67 IUPUI 79, W. Michigan 64 Indiana 71, Virginia Tech 65 Iowa St. 83, N. Iowa 55 Kent St. 69, Niagara 46 Miami (Ohio) 70, Youngstown St. 67 Missouri 86, Oral Roberts 64 North Dakota 78, Milwaukee 66 SE Missouri 72, S. Illinois 50 UMKC 83, Maryville (Mo.) 79 Xavier 70, Murray St. 66 South Alabama St. 44, Samford 40, OT American U. 58, Hampton 46 Delaware St. 90, George Mason 83, OT Florida 104, Troy 74 Florida Gulf Coast 60, South Florida 55 Florida St. 60, Michigan St. 58 Georgia Southern 61, Mercer 54 Georgia Tech 93, Illinois 69 Jacksonville 87, Tennessee St. 66 Maryland 67, Ohio St. 55 Middle Tennessee 69, Austin Peay 43 Mississippi 79, Louisiana Tech 68 Mississippi St. 78, Louisiana-Lafayette 51 NC A&T 62, Appalachian St. 43 North Carolina 75, Nebraska 62 Rutgers 66, Davidson 35 UT-Martin 75, Alabama 57 W. Carolina 42, Presbyterian 38 Wofford 63, Bluefield 44 Southwest North Texas 70, Texas-Arlington 55 Oklahoma 97, W. Illinois 80 SMU 82, SE Louisiana 39 TCU 60, Stephen F. Austin 52 Texas 60, UALR 26 Texas Tech 58, Ark.-Pine Bluff 50 Washington 66, Houston 55 Far West N. Colorado 74, Denver 71 Oregon 105, Seattle 100 Colorado 63, Wyoming 59 San Diego 65, Cal State Fullerton 42 Washington St. 68, CS Northridge 59

GOLF GOLF LPGA TOUR LPGA Qualifying Wednesday At LPGA INternational Yardage: 6,389; Par: 72 (36-36), Jones Course; Yardage: 6,468; Par: 72 (3636), Hills Course Daytona Beach, Fla. Purse: $50,000 First Round (a-amateur) Jaye Marie Green 32-30—62 Tiffany Joh 35-31—66 Seon Hwa Lee 32-34—66 Kathleen Ekey 35-32—67 Haru Nomura 34-33—67 Line Vedel 34-33—67 Megan Grehan 33-34—67 Nicole Jeray 37-30—67 Amy Anderson 34-34—68 Pinrath Loomboonruang 36-32—68 Hannah Yun 35-33—68 Victoria Tanco 33-35—68 Mitsuki Katahira 35-34—69 Mi Rim Lee 35-34—69 Xiyu Lin 35-34—69 Michele Low 34-35—69 Ashley Tait 34-35—69 Carlie Yadloczky 37-32—69 Min Lee 33-36—69 Caroline Westrup 34-35—69 Kendall Wright 34-35—69 Melissa Eaton 34-36—70 Jordan Hardy 35-35—70 Wei-Ling Hsu 38-32—70 Reilley Rankin 36-34—70 Demi Runas 35-35—70 Sophia Sheridan 34-36—70 Michelle Shin 36-34—70 Maiya Tanaka 35-35—70 Victoria Elizabeth 34-36—70 Katy Harris 38-32—70 Megan McChrystal 35-35—70 Brittany Altomare 35-36—71 Julia Boland 36-35—71

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Line: Cardinals boast 3,500 rushing yards being off the field that controls the game,” Gonzalez said. “Being able to run the ball is “If we don’t get it done up front, then pivotal in the playoffs.” these guys don’t get all the yards that they While the Cardinals have been relying on do,” Robertson head coach Leroy Gonzalez the running game all season, it didn’t really said. “They protect those little guys.” hit its stride until the playoffs. The thing OK, so not all of the rushing yards are about offensive lines is that there needs to credited to the offensive line — just those be the perfect combination for it to be sucfirst few that allow the running backs to get cessful, and the Cardinals were constantly up the field. toying with the lineup until they found a “The first five or ten yards are mostly mix they liked. from the line,” said junior guard Kenny “We were doing a lot of mixing and Yara. “Everything past that is all the runmatching and trying to figure out what the ning backs.” formula was,” Gonzalez said. “Now that It’s no secret the Cardinals like to run the we’re in the playoffs, our offensive line is ball. They have 3,500 rushing yards comset. Those guys have been there the whole pared to 800 in the air. It was sticking to the time in the playoffs.” running game that allowed Robertson to The offensive line has had a big hand in overcome a 10-0 deficit to Taos, and it’s one Robertson’s recent success, but as in most of the reasons for the playoff run. cases with a good offensive line, most of the By constantly running the ball and pickcredit goes to the skill positions. Its reward ing up first downs, the Cardinals are able to is watching the running backs score. take a lot of time off the clock while keep“The glory that you get is when you’re ing their defense fresh. looking at that guy getting in the end zone,” “There’s something about the defense Gonzalez said. “When we score touch-

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downs, you can see how excited those offensive linemen are. Our guys take pride in that kind of stuff.”

The linemen also take pride in protecting the running backs and have embraced the idea that they are the escorts down the field.

“They get behind us and we’ll take care of them,” said Josh Romero, a 6-foot-1, 305pound offensive tackle.

“We just like to protect our [running] backs,” added guard Diego Trujillo.

The offensive line just got done protecting its running backs from a Taos defensive line that has multiple 300-pounders, and after studying film on Silver, Gonzalez thinks he will see more of the same in the championship game.

“They’re big upfront, just like us,” he said. “They’re very capable of running the football.”

The Cardinals are also very capable of running the football, and now everyone knows why.

Change: Many schools claim travel concerns

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL 5:30 p.m. on ESPN — Louisville at Cincinnati GOLF 1 p.m. on TGC — PGA Tour, World Challenge, first round, in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

10 p.m. on TGC — European PGA Tour, Hong Kong Open, second round 2 a.m. on TGC — Nedbank Challenge, second round, in Sun City, South Africa MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5 p.m. on ESPN2 — West Virginia at Missouri 5 p.m. on FS1 — LIU at Seton Hall 6 p.m. on FSN — Texas A&M-CC at Oklahoma 7 p.m. on ESPN2 — Mississippi at Kansas St. 7 p.m. on FS1 — High Point at Georgetown NBA 5 p.m. on TNT — New York at Brooklyn 7:30 p.m. on TNT — Miami at Chicago

PREP SCHEDULE This week’s varsity schedule for Northern New Mexico high schools. For additions or changes, call 986-3060 or email sports@sfnewmexican.com.

Today Boys basketball — Los Alamos at St. Michael’s, 7 p.m.

Taos Tiger Invitational: round robin, Española Valley vs. Mora, 5:30 p.m.; Roswell Goddard vs. Taos, 7 p.m.

Al Armendariz Classic at Capital, round-robin, Deming vs. Santa Fe Preparatory, 11 a.m.; El Paso (Texas) Bel Air vs. Santa Fe High, 3 p.m.; El Paso Ysleta vs. Capital, 7 p.m.

Braves Invitational at Santa Fe Indian School: first round, McCurdy vs. Pecos, 8 a.m.; Monte del Sol at Questa, 11:30 a.m.; Tularosa vs. Aztec, 3 p.m.; Native American Community Academy vs. SFIS, 6:30 p.m.

High Desert Classic at Genoveva Chavez Community Center (Desert Academy, New Mexico School for the Deaf, Santa Fe Waldorf, Pecos JV) McCurdy at Dora Invitational: TBA Girls basketball — Albuquerque Academy at Los Alamos, 7 p.m.

Lady Braves Classic at Santa Fe Indian School: first round, Española Valley vs. Dulce, 9:45 a.m.; Piedra Vista vs. Thoreau, 1:15 p.m.; Navajo Preparatory vs. Santa Fe High, 4:45 p.m.; Hot Springs vs. SFIS, 8:15 p.m.

Lady Jaguar Invitational at Capital: round robin, Deming vs. El Paso (Texas) Bel Air, 1 p.m.; Valencia vs. Roswell Goddard, 5 p.m.

High Desert Classic at Genoveva Chavez Community Center (New Mexico School for the Deaf, Desert Academy, Monte del Sol, Questa).

Mora, Pecos at Santa Rosa Invitational: TBA McCurdy at Dora Invitational: TBA

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Santa Fe High is appealing its impending move to District 1AAAAAA as determined by the New Mexico Activities Association in November. If the appeal is denied, the school will face teams like Albuquerque Volcano Vista, which is shown here during a girls basketball game on Tuesday. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

create what he feels are better districts.

He will argue that placing Cuba and Dulce, which are currently slated for 2AAA with Santa Fe Preparatory, Academy for Technology and the Classics, Desert Academy and Monte del Sol, with the schools from the northwest part of the state is more prudent. He included Estancia with Pecos in 2AAA for travel purposes as well.

“It took me about 20 minutes to break it down,” Velasquez said. “I’ve talked to people at Dulce and Navajo Prep, and they are in agreement that they should be the same district, along with Cuba. They are like 80 miles away. Why wouldn’t they want to go there?”

Desert Academy would like to compete

in Class AA, but because of the privateschool multiplier, the 119-student school will be the smallest in AAA. Desert Academy AD Natalie Passalacqua said the school’s standpoint is that the multiplier hit it the hardest and could impact some athletic programs.

She added that playing up a class could cause the school to lose students to a comparable AAA school in Prep because it has better athletic facilities.

“I don’t feel like they are going to budge,” Natalie Passalacqua said of the board. “I think we have good points, and if they listen, hopefully they will take what we’re saying into consideration and help us out a bit.”

NBA

Cavaliers end Nuggets’ 7-game win streak

HAWKS 107, CLIPPERS 97 In Atlanta, Kyle Korver tied the NBA record for consecutive games with a 3-pointer and scored a season-high 23 points in the Hawks’ victory over

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board meeting and provided written arguments for their appeals by Monday.

Santa Fe High’s appeal is centered on an argument that the school, which has an average enrollment of 1,506, is at a competitive disadvantage against the Rio Rancho and Albuquerque schools. Santa Fe High head football coach Ray Holladay said the enrollment disparity between his school and Rio Rancho, which averaged 2,421 students, is large enough to create a AAAAA school with the difference.

Holladay also points out that the participation levels are also skewed against Santa Fe High.

“It’s an unfair competitive disadvantage,” Holladay said. “Rio Rancho and Cleveland have four football teams [each], and we have two. We had 30 male students out for track [in 2013], and they are close to 100.

We don’t field freshman teams in football, soccer, baseball and softball. Those other schools have the numbers to field three or four teams.”

Holladay said the districts were aligned based on travel considerations, but he points out that the schools in District 5AAAAAA, which is where school administrators and coaches want to move, would require on average only five more miles of travel compared to 1AAAAAA schools.

“There is not a huge geographic difference,” Holladay said.

As for St. Michael’s, athletic director Tom Manning said the school would have appealed its football placement, but he was told that Ruidoso appealed the plan based on travel concerns. The chief issue would be the 200-plus miles some schools would have to drive to play in Santa Fe. Ruidoso athletic coordinator Keif Johnson mentioned that St. Michael’s would bear the brunt of that wear and tear, having to make that long of a trip twice in some seasons.

“To throw in St. Michael’s [in 4/5AAAA], that just seemed odd to us,” Johnson said.

“That is quite the mileage for Portales to go to St. Michael’s, which is like 220 miles. If St. Michael’s moves into District 2, that is 78 miles to Robertson and West. Even Taos is just 70 miles.”

The caveat to the plan is that St. Michael’s would move to District 2AAAA in all sports, which would effectively bring back the old District 2AAA alignment that included Taos, Pojoaque Valley, Las Vegas Robertson and West Las Vegas.

Pecos also has travel concerns — specifically going to Laguna-Acoma and passing through Santa Fe, where four AAA schools are housed, to get there. Leonard Velasquez, Pecos’ athletic director, used his experience from being on the classification and alignment committee from 2003-05 to

CLEVELAND — Kyrie Irving scored 23 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers snapped the Denver Nuggets’ seven-game winning streak with a 98-88 victory Wednesday night.

Tristan Thompson had a career-high 21 rebounds and 17 points for the Cavaliers, who won back-to-back games for the first time this season.

The Nuggets, playing the third game of six-game road trip, lost for the first time since Nov. 18. The trip began with a 14-point win in Toronto on Sunday and a 24-point victory in Brooklyn on Tuesday.

Randy Foye led Denver with 16 points, while J.J. Hickson had 15 points and 11 rebounds.

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the Clippers.

Korver, returning from a bruised rib that sidelined him the last four games, tied Dana Barros’ NBA 18-year-old record by hitting a 3-pointer in his 89th straight game. Barros set the mark during stints with Philadelphia and Boston from Dec. 23, 1994, to Jan. 10, 1996.

He made his first attempt in the game’s first minute and finished 6 for 9 beyond the arc.

Paul Millsap finished with 25 points and Al Horford added 21 to help the Hawks snap a two-game losing streak.

SUNS 97, ROCKETS 88 In Houston, Eric Bledsoe had 20 points and seven assists to lead Phoenix over the Rockets.

PJ Tucker added 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting with six rebounds.

Channing Frye had 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting and grabbed six rebounds, and Goran Dragic chipped in 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting for the Suns, who shot 45.6 percent from the field,

including 45.8 percent from behind the arc.

Dwight Howard had 15 points and 18 rebounds, Aaron Brooks added 17 points and six assists, and Omri Casspi had 14 points and seven rebounds for the Rockets, who lost their second straight game.

James Harden finished with 14 points, hitting 3 of 17 from the field and going 0 for 10 from behind the arc. Patrick Beverley had 12 points and eight rebounds.

MAVERICKS 100, PELICANS 97 In New Orleans, Dirk Nowitzki scored 11 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter, and the Mavericks beat the Pelicans.

Nowitzki gave Dallas the lead with a free throw to make the score 98-97 with 32.3 seconds left. He then got a piece of Eric Gordon’s driving floater, grabbed the rebound and hit two more free throws with 8 seconds left.

Reserve Vince Carter had 15 points for Dallas and Monta Ellis added 14 points.

Jrue Holiday had a seasonhigh 26 points for the Pelicans, PISTONS 105, BUCKS 98 In Milwaukee, Andre Drummond had 24 points and 19 rebounds and the Pistons rode a strong second-half performance to beat the Bucks.

Greg Monroe contributed 18 points and 17 rebounds for the Pistons, who had three players with double-doubles and five score 15 or more points.

PACERS 95, JAZZ 86 In Salt Lake City, Paul George scored 19 points and the Indiana Pacers returned to their defensive ways in beating the Utah Jazz.

Lance Stephenson scored 15 points, Luis Scola had 14 and Roy Hibbert added 13 points to win in Utah for the first time since an 84-60 victory on Nov. 29, 2005.

The Pacers were coming off their first back-to-back games of the season in which they allowed their opponent to reach 100 points.

Boys basketball — Taos Tiger Invitational: round robin, Española Valley vs. Roswell Goddard, 5:30 p.m.; Mora vs. Taos, 7 p.m.

Al Armendariz Classic at Capital: round-robin, El Paso (Texas) Ysleta vs. Deming, 11 a.m.; Santa Fe Preparatory vs. Santa Fe High, 3 p.m.; El Paso Bel Air vs. Capital, 7 p.m.

Braves Invitational at Santa Fe Indian School: semifinals, McCurdy/ Pecos winner vs. Tularosa/Aztec winner, 4:45 p.m.; Monte del Sol/ Questa winner vs. Native American Community Academy/SFIS winner, 8:15 p.m.; consolation, McCurdy/Pecos loser vs. Tularosa/Aztec loser, 1:15 p.m.; Monte del Sol/Questa loser vs. Native American Community Academy/SFIS loser, 9:45 a.m.

High Desert Classic at Genoveva Chavez Community Center (Desert Academy, New Mexico School for the Deaf, Santa Fe Waldorf, Pecos JV) McCurdy at Dora Invitational: TBA Girls basketball — Lady Jaguar Invitational at Capital: round robin, Roswell Goddard vs. Deming, 1 p.m.; El Paso (Texas) Bel Air vs. Valencia, 5 p.m.

Lady Braves Classic at Santa Fe Indian School: semifinals, Navajo Preparatory/Santa Fe High winner vs. Piedra Vista/Thoreau winner, 3 p.m.; Española Valley/Dulce winner vs. Hot Springs/SFIS winner, 6:30 p.m.

High Desert Classic, at Genoveva Chavez Community Center (New Mexico School for the Deaf, Desert Academy, Monte del Sol, Questa).

Pojoaque Valley at St. Michael’s, 7 p.m.

Mora, Pecos at Santa Rosa Invitational: TBA McCurdy at Dora Invitational: TBA Las Vegas Robertson at Ruidoso, 7 p.m.

Wrestling — Southwest Shootout, at Rio Rancho High (Los Alamos, Española Valley, Las Vegas Robertson) Swimming & Diving — Los Alamos Invitational, at Los Alamos (St. Michael’s, Santa Fe High, Capital, Los Alamos), 5 p.m.

Saturday Football — Class AAA state championship, Silver at Las Vegas Robertson, 1 p.m.

Boys basketball — Peñasco at Jemez Valley, 7 p.m.

Taos Tiger Invitational: round robin, Roswell Goddard vs. Mora, 5:30 p.m.; Española Valley vs. Taos, 7 p.m.

Al Armendariz Classic at Capital: round robin, El Paso (Texas) Bel Air vs. Santa Fe Preparatory, 11 a.m.; El Paso Ysleta vs. Santa Fe High, 3 p.m.; Deming vs. Capital, 7 p.m.

Braves Invitational at Santa Fe Indian School: championship, 6:30 p.m.; third place, 3 p.m.; fifth place, 11:30 a.m.; seventh place, 8 a.m.

High Desert Classic, at Genoveva Chavez Community Center (Desert Academy, New Mexico School for the Deaf, Santa Fe Waldorf, Pecos JV) McCurdy at Dora Invitational: TBA Girls basketball — Lady Jaguar Invitational at Capital: round robin, Roswell Goddard vs. Capital, 9 a.m.; Valencia vs. Deming, 1 p.m.; El Paso (Texas) Bel Air vs. Capital, 5 p.m.

Lady Braves Classic at Santa Fe Indian School: championship, 8:15; third place, 4:45 p.m.; fifth place, 1:15 p.m.; seventh place, 9:45 a.m.

High Desert Classic at Genoveva Chavez Community Center (New Mexico School for the Deaf, Desert Academy, Monte del Sol, Questa) Mora, Pecos at Santa Rosa Invitational: TBA McCurdy at Dora Invitational: TBA Los Alamos at Moriarty, 7 p.m.

Ruidoso at West Las Vegas, 6 p.m.

Peñasco at Jemez Valley, 4:30 p.m.

Coronado at Santa Fe Preparatory, 4 p.m.

Wrestling — Capital at Los Lunas: TBA Southwest Shootout, at Rio Rancho High (Los Alamos, Española Valley, Las Vegas Robertson) Pecos Duals: TBA Swimming & Diving — Los Alamos Invitational, at Los Alamos (St. Michael’s, Santa Fe High, Capital, Los Alamos), 5 p.m.

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Ross scores 20; No. 5 Buckeyes beat Maryland The Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — LaQuinton Ross scored 17 of his 20 points in the first half, hitting his first four 3-pointers, to send No. 5 Ohio State to an early lead and a 76-60 victory over Maryland on Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Sam Thompson added 14 points, including four rimrattling dunks, and Lenzelle Smith Jr. had 12. Aaron Craft created havoc on defense and chipped in with 10 points as the Buckeyes (7-0) controlled the game at both ends.

Ex-Xavier guard Dez Wells had 19 points, former Michigan swingman Evan Smotrycz scored 15 and Charles Mitchell added 12 points and 11 rebounds for Maryland (5-3), which had won four in a row after losing two of its first three.

NO. 7 LOUISVILLE 90, MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY 62 In Louisville, Ky., Montrezl Harrell scored 14 points to lead five Louisville players in double figures as the Cardinals routed Missouri-Kansas City.

Facing first-year Kangaroos coach Kareem Richardson, Louisville reminded the former Cardinals assistant what he left behind to take the UMKC job.

Though less dominant on offense than in last December’s 99-47 victory over the Kangaroos, the Cardinals (7-1) controlled the game throughout and steadily pulled away in the second half.

They manhandled UMKC 44-24 in the paint, forced 20 turnovers that led to 29 points and outrebounded the Kangaroos 49-29.

NO. 8 WISCONSIN 48, VIRGINIA 38 In Charlottesville, Va., Josh Gasser scored 11 points, and Wisconsin won a defensive

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struggle against Virginia in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, giving coach Bo Ryan his 300th victory with the Badgers.

The Badgers (9-0) extended their best start since opening 11-0 in 1993-94. They limited Virginia to 23 percent shooting (11-for-47), including a stretch of nearly 22 minutes spanning halftime in which the Cavaliers managed just three field goals.

Wisconsin won going away despite shooting only 29 percent (15 for 52).

NO. 4 NOTRE DAME 77, NO. 10 PENN STATE 67 In State College, Pa., Natalie Achonwa had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 4 Notre Dame in a over No. 10 Penn State in an ACC/Big Ten Challenge game.

Jewell Loyd scored 17 points, Kayla McBride had 13 and Taya Reimer 12 for the Fighting Irish (7-0).

Notre Dame led by 14 points at halftime and maintained it through most of the second half as Penn State got no closer than nine.

NO. 14 VILLANOVA 77, PENN 54 In Villanova, Pa., Darrun Hilliard scored 19 points, and James Bell had 14 to lead Villanova over Penn.

JayVaughn Pinkston added 13 points and the Wildcats (8-0) overcame a 7:29 scoreless stretch to open the second half, winning their first game as a ranked team in almost two years.

The Wildcats catapulted from unranked to 14th this week, the first time they cracked the Top 25 since they were No. 19 in the Feb. 28, 2011, poll. Within a span of about 24 hours, Villanova defeated No. 2 Kansas and No. 23 Iowa to win the Battle 4 Atlantis last weekend in the Bahamas.

NO. 25 DAYTON 56, DELAWARE STATE 46 In Dayton, Ohio, Matt Kavanaugh scored 11 points and Dayton overcame a sluggish first half, poor free throw shooting and a late slump to defeat Delaware State.

Dayton (7-1) finally found some rhythm in the slow-paced game with a 14-2 run that pushed its lead to 50-30 with 7:51 to play. Delaware State (2-6) responded with consecutive 3-pointers by Tyshawn Bell to spark a 9-0 run. The Hornets cut the lead to 54-46 with 1:32 left before Dayton finished it off.

Ohio State’s LaQuinton Ross goes up for a shot against Maryland’s Nick Faust during the first half of Wednesday’s game in Columbus, Ohio. PAUL VERNON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dayton played its first game as a ranked team since 2009 and looked jet-lagged from its trip to the Maui Invitational last week.

NORTH CAROLINA 79, NO. 1 MICHIGAN STATE 65 In East Lansing, Mich., J.P. Tokoto had 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds to help North Carolina beat No. 1 Michigan State, giving the Tar Heels

Prosecutor: Winston investigation complete the underwear of the accuser. A lawyer for Winston has suggested that the star quarterback and the accuser had consenTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The prossual sex. But the family of the victim has ecutor overseeing the investigation of accused the 19-year-old of rape. sexual assault allegations against FlorMeggs has said he wanted to make ida State quarterback Jameis Winston sure prosecutors completed a thorough said Wednesday that it is completed. investigation before making a final State Attorney Willie Meggs has decision. He has also said several times scheduled a news conference at 2 p.m. that it’s up to prosecutors to determine Thursday in his office to announce his whether there is a “reasonable” chance findings. Meggs said investigators have of conviction. learned as much as they can about the The fact that Meggs has scheduled a December 2012 incident. news conference — as opposed to get“We think we have exhausted all ting a warrant for Winston’s arrest — investigative tools,” he said. could be seen as a sign that he will not Winston has led the Seminoles to the file charges.

No. 1 ranking, and they will play for a Meggs said earlier Wednesday that conference title Saturday, with a shot at the end of the investigation should the national crown. answer some lingering questions about The quarterback also is the leading how the investigation was handled and candidate for the Heisman Trophy, and why it took 11 months before prosecumany voters are waiting to see whether tors were notified.

Winston will be charged with a crime “When you all look at this, when the before casting their ballots. The deaddust all settles, you’ll say ‘Man, there line for Heisman ballots to be turned in were some things that could have been is Monday. done back in December of ’12 that ESPN has previously reported that could have cleared this up a whole lot DNA belonging to Winston was found in easier than November of 2013,” he said.

By Gary Fineout

The Associated Press

Draw: FIFA spends $8.5M draw ceremony. The show will be broadcast live in more than 190 countries.

Any protesters, if they intend to trek Blatter called it “an integrated part of all the way out here for Friday’s draw, the big show which is the World Cup.” will need a lot of time, determination “It is accepted by everybody in the and a good set of walking shoes: The world, by all the football fans, that the resort is in the heart of nowhere on draw must be a spectacular draw,” he Brazil’s Atlantic coast. Salvador, the said. nearest city and one of 12 World Cup Maybe. But even if one accepts that venues, is 45 miles away. the draw will serve as a window on World Cup organizers have taken the world for Brazil and that the World over the complex, covering it with Cup is more than just a simple footbanners and logos that only they, their ball tournament, the venue still looks guests and the 2,000 journalists will over-indulgent. FIFA’s website notes see. Armed police guard the entrance. that along with an 18-hole golf course, Protesters would likely have to land by 15 tennis courts, pools and other faciliboat to get close. The draw will divide ties, the resort has more than 3 miles of the 32 teams into eight groups of four “unspoilt beaches.” teams. On the stage in the cavernous Jose Maria Marin, who heads Brazil’s hall, eight clear goldfish bowls await to football federation, suggested the resort receive their names. Technicians were was as appropriate a place as any and readying the 30 miles of cables and 36 that the draw could have been held tons of lighting equipment. Outside, “anywhere” in Brazil. In which case, workers were pouring a concrete road organizers should have been smarter leading to the tent. FIFA put its costs and held it in a football stadium where for the draw at $8.5 million, with Brazil- thousands of free tickets could have ian authorities spending an additional been given to slum kids. $2.7 million.

“But fortunately for our happiness, Sepp Blatter, FIFA’s president, argued it’s being held in Costa do Sauipe,” said Tuesday that the World Cup had Marin.

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another impressive victory in their inconsistent season.

The Tar Heels (5-2) have been talented enough to defeat the top-ranked Spartans and thenNo. 3 Louisville this season, but they’ve also lost to Belmont and UAB. Michigan State (7-1) fell to an unranked nonconference team at home for the first time in more than a decade.

NO. 8 MARYLAND 67, OHIO STATE 55 In College Park, Md., Alyssa Thomas had 25 points and 12 rebounds, and Maryland overcame a shaky first half to beat Ohio State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

The Terrapins (8-1) led by only three points at the break before returning to make their first four shots as part of an 11-2 run that made it 40-28. Thomas scored six points in the spree and Brene Moseley sank Maryland’s first 3-pointer of the game.

Ohio State (6-4) closed to 56-53 with 2:58 left, but a 3-pointer by Lexie Brown, a layup by Moseley and two free throws by Thomas ended the suspense.

NO. 11 COLORADO 63, WYOMING 59 In Laramie, Wyo., Jasmine Sborov made two free throws with 5 seconds left to clinch Colorado’s win at Wyoming.

Brittany Wilson, who had a game-high 19 points, put Colorado (7-0) up 59-57 with 55 seconds left. After a miss by Wyoming’s Lexy Kresl had two free throws at 17 seconds.

However, Sborov fouled Fallon Lewis, who made two free

throws with 11 remaining.

Sborov made up for it with her clutch free throws and despite a 1-10 night from the field.

NO. 17 OKLAHOMA 97, W. ILLINOIS 80 In Norman, Okla., Aaryn Ellenberg scored 25 points and four teammates scored in double figures to help Oklahoma beat Western Illinois.

Starters Morgan Hook added 14 points, Nicole Griffin had 13 and Sharane Campbell 12 for the Sooners (6-2) and Nicole Kornet added 10 off the bench.

Ashley Luke scored 27 points, two shy of her career best, and grabbed six rebounds and six steals, for Western Illinois (4-5).

Rebecca Henricson added 18.

NO. 18 NORTH CAROLINA 75, NO. 15 NEBRASKA 62 In Chapel Hill, N.C., Xylina McDaniel scored 25 points on 11-for-15 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds to lead North Carolina.

The Tar Heels (7-2) shot 48.5 percent from the floor and just 5-for-11 on free throws, but finished with 10 more steals and seven more rebounds than Nebraska.

The Huskers, who faced their first ranked opponent of the season in UNC, shot a perfect 12 of 12 from the line, but finished just 39.3 percent from the floor and 28.6 percent from behind the arc.

NO. 20 IOWA ST 83, NORTHERN IOWA 55 In Ames, Iowa, Hallie Christofferson, Nikki Moody and Seanna Johnson had big games as Iowa State cruised past Northern Iowa.

Christofferson led in scoring with 22 points, hitting 8 of 10 free throws. Moody added 16 points and eight assists. Johnson had 14 points and 13 rebounds as the Cyclones (8-0), off to their best start in 11 seasons, out-rebounded Northern Iowa 49-30.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Pinkel, No. 5 Tigers thrive during second year in SEC

By R.B. Fallstrom The Associated Press

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Gary Pinkel was in no mood for holiday cheer a year ago.

Missouri had just gone a dispiriting 5-7 in its SEC debut season, the program’s first losing record since 2004.

“I love Christmas music,” Pinkel recalled. “But I’ll tell you, we’re not going to a bowl, I didn’t listen to any Christmas music. I didn’t want to feel good.”

There has been no sophomore slump for the fifth-ranked Tigers, who surprised nearly everyone by advancing to the SEC championship game against No. 3 Auburn on Saturday.

Picked to finish sixth in the SEC East, Missouri (11-1, 7-1 SEC) is a remarkable bounce-back story, at the least on par with Auburn (11-1, 7-1).

“When I look at Missouri, they do remind me of our team in a lot of ways,” Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said. “You are talking about a team that can rise to the occasion.”

No matter what happens on Saturday, the Tigers have shown they do indeed belong in the conference that’s produced the past seven national champions.

“We knew what kind of talent we had, what team we had in the offseason,” senior linebacker Andrew Wilson said. “We knew what we had coming to us.”

The 61-year-old Pinkel has 101 wins in 13 seasons at Missouri, tied with the legendary Don Faurot for most in school history. He’s a finalist for Maxwell Coach of the Year.

So, yes, he can laugh about the chatter that he’d been distracted by a DUI in 2011 and a divorce in 2012 and had lost enthusiasm for the job.

One five-win season was all it took.

“Me, in the hot seat? You kidding?

Is that out there?” Pinkel joked, then added, “I’ve never, ever worried about that.”

The criticism seemed over the top to St. Louis Rams center Tim Barnes, who was a three-year starter under Pinkel at Missouri.

“A lot of people were panicking, a lot of people were wanting to fire coach Pinkel,” Barnes said. “I said, ‘Well, it’s going to be a rough year when you have that many people get hurt. This year just goes to show the job they’ve done and the kind of kids they’re bringing in.’ ”

Missouri running back Henry Josey scores on a 57-yard touchdown run during the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game against Texas A&M in Columbia, Mo. JEFF ROBERSON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Last fall, Pinkel was almost defiant that Missouri was ready to make a move. He hasn’t wavered in that belief, saying last year was simply a case of getting overrun by injuries to quarterback James Franklin, All-Big 12 tailback Henry Josey and much of the offensive line.

This year, the line has been intact and a strength. Josey is a 1,000-yard rusher again, scoring the deciding touchdown against Texas A&M last weekend on a 57-yard sprint.

Redshirt freshman Maty Mauk was ready when Franklin was sidelined with a shoulder injury and could have been 4-0 as the starter had Andrew Baggett not clanked a chipshot field goal attempt to give South Carolina an overtime win.

No one folded. Missouri beat Tennessee 31-3 the next week and has won four in a row.

“To me, it was a no-brainer,” Pinkel said. “One moment of sitting back saying, ‘Woe is me,’ when everything’s out in front of us. The players responded well.”

This is the second time Pinkel has guided Missouri to a conference title shot. The Tigers won 12 games in 2007 and were ranked No. 1 for a week before getting waxed by Oklahoma in the second half of the Big 12 title game.

Senior wide receiver L’Damian Washington, whose leaping, acrobatic fingertip touchdown catch was a key play in the victory over Texas A&M that wrapped up the SEC East, got it right. Washington upped the

ante at the SEC media days in July, predicting 11 wins because he knew the talent was there.

“They couldn’t tell me about my team, that’s why I said 11 wins,” Washington said. “They can’t tell me that the guys in the locker room aren’t good enough for 11 wins. I saw those guys every day, I saw their ambition.”

Missouri players are well aware their opponent appears to have the more compelling story line. Auburn is coming off the wow play of the year, Chris Davis’ 100-yard-plus touchdown return after a missed field goal that shocked top-ranked Alabama, plus the eight-win improvement under new coach Gus Malzahn that is the best in the nation this season.

“That’s cool,” Washington said.

“Keep it that way.”

Pinkel points out it’s been only three years since Auburn won its seventh SEC title, while Missouri’s last title was in 1969. Fans stormed the field after the Tigers held off Texas A&M on Senior Night but appeared more interested in soaking up the moment than dragging off the goal posts.

Leave it to offensive guard Max Copeland, a former walk-on from Billings, Mont., to sum up the ride thus far.

“Can’t you just feel the energy around this place and around this town?” Copeland asked. “I’m excited to be a part of it, and excited to be in the eye of the storm.”

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Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin stands on the sideline during an official play review in the second half of the Thanksgiving game against the Baltimore Ravens. Tomlin has been fined $100,000 for interfering with a play against the Ravens in that game. AP FILE PHOTO

Pittsburgh coach fined $100,000 for interfering officials have to have access there,” Coughlin said. “That is a most difficult thing to absorb.”

Tomlin’s players leapt to his defense in the immediate might have gone for a touchBy Will Graves down if not for the obstruction. aftermath, and safety Ryan The Associated Press Tomlin briefly stepped onto the Clark allowed he is “always on the field.” The 12-year veteran, PITTSBURGH — Here’s field before he jumped back. however, is hardly surprised the another adjective Pittsburgh Tomlin insists the “blunder” NFL is considering taking an Steelers coach Mike Tomlin can was not intentional but has no extra step of stripping the Steelcall his ill-timed two-step onto plans to appeal the ruling. the field last Thursday night “I apologize for causing nega- ers of a draft pick.

“It’s not supposed to be fair,” against Baltimore. tive attention to the Pittsburgh Clark said. “It’s Roger Goodell, Expensive.

Steelers organization,” Tomlin so when has he been fair?”

The NFL fined Tomlin said in a statement WednesQuarterback Ben Roethlis$100,000 on Wednesday for day. “I accept the penalty that berger doesn’t believe Tomlin’s interfering with Baltimore’s I received. I will no longer near-trip will serve as a distracJacoby Jones on a kickoff return address this issue as I am pretion for Pittsburgh (5-7), which in the third quarter of a 22-20 paring for an important game remains in the playoff hunt as loss to the Ravens on Thanksthis Sunday against the Miami December begins despite an 0-4 giving night.

Dolphins.” start.

The fine is the second-highest Jones didn’t blame Tomlin “If anything, guys joke about ever levied by the league on a for his own inability to score on it more,” Roethlisberger said. head coach, behind only the the return but allows it put the “They’re the ones pulling up the $500,000 the NFL docked New coach and the league in a diffipictures online and joking with England’s Bill Belichick in 2007 cult position. coach about something. If anyfor spying on an opponent’s “I’m not going to lie, it’s thing maybe it’s a light-hearted, defensive signals. tough,” Jones said. “I can’t say fun thing.”

There is also the chance the he did it on purpose because The league will not deterSteelers have a draft pick taken I don’t know what he was mine whether to take a pick away “because the conduct thinking. It definitely sends a away from Pittsburgh until after affected a play on the field.” message across the league. He the draft order has been set. It Although he was not penalstepped across the line, which would be an unprecedented ized, the league said the Steeldefinitely threw it off.” ers should have been flagged Tomlin said he was following move for a coach getting involved during a live play.

15 yards for unsportsmanlike his normal routine on the play The NFL fined the New York conduct. and said standing on the 6-foot Jets $100,000 in 2010 when camAll that from what Tomlin wide strip is common practice. eras caught strength and condicalled an “embarrassing, inexNew York Giants coach tioning coach Sal Alosi tripping cusable” case of being “mesTom Coughlin didn’t disagree. a Miami player on the sideline. merized” while standing in a Coughlin drew a 15-yard flag Alosi was suspended by the Jets restricted area that separates during the preseason for stepthe sideline from the playing ping onto the field during a field and eventually resigned after the season. field and staring at the video goal attempt.

Tomlin is hardly in danger “You find yourself sometimes board during Jones’ 73-yard of losing his job and said Tuesrunning down the sideline on return. day he had not spoken to team the white, but nevertheless, Jones had to swerve to avoid running into the coach and was you’re not even supposed to be owners Dan and Art Rooney II even on the white because the about the situation. tackled during a return that

Tomlin walked on field during game, caused player to swerve in Thanksgiving contest

Pro picks

finishing with a season-low 218 yards.

“They came in and had a great plan defensively, and they did a great job of executing,” Johnson said. “You have to give them credit.

They went out, did a great job. Hopefully we’ll be able to go out and make some plays against them Thursday night.”

Others have.

Although Jacksonville has been stout against the run since its bye, holding Tennessee, Arizona, Houston and Cleveland under 100 yards, the team has been burned through the air.

Tennessee’s Ryan Fitzpatrick came off the bench and threw for 264 yards and two scores.

Arizona’s Carson Palmer finished with 419 yards and two touchdowns. And Cleveland’s Brandon Weeden ended up throwing for 370 yards and three scores.

So it’s become clear that teams are picking on Jacksonville’s young secondary, which includes rookie cornerback Dwayne Gratz and rookie safeties Johnathan Cyprien and Josh Evans. Evans (shoulder) is out this week, leaving second-year player Guy Winston to make his first career start.

“In the NFL, you get humbled very quick,” defensive coordinator Bob Babich said. “I think the guys, they’re just looking at it as a challenge of playing against a great player. I’m sure they’ve seen him for many, many years making great plays, and for them, I’m sure they’re saying, ‘Hey, I’m playing against Andre Johnson. This is neat.’ ” In addition to Johnson trying to rebound, here are five things to know about the Texans and Jaguars:

Bridgewater Bowl?

The loser of the game, especially if it’s the Texans, would have the inside track to the No. 1 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. If the Jaguars lose and finish the season with three wins, they likely would get the top pick based on weakness of schedule. And with both teams looking to draft a quarterback, this could be a deciding game for who gets first shot at Louisville’s Teddy Bridgewater, widely considered the top quarterback available (if he enters the draft) since Oregon’s Marcus Mariota is returning to college for another year.

Houston Texans’ Andre Johnson works to stay inbounds after making a catch as New England Patriots’ Aqib Talib looks on during the third quarter of Sunday’s game.

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Kubiak’s future There’s already plenty of speculation about Texans coach Gary Kubiak’s job security. His team has lost 10 consecutive games, the longest streak in franchise history. Getting swept

by Jacksonville surely would intensify it. The Jaguars have swept Houston just twice in the 11 years since the creation of the AFC South.

“I’ve got too many other people to worry about and things to worry about,” said Kubiak, who suffered a ministroke last month but returned to coaching soon after. “I don’t worry about myself.”

MJD’s matchup

No team has given up more touchdowns to Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew than the Texans. MJD has found the end zone 11 times in 12 games against Houston. He also has 828 yards rushing. But all the talk this week was about Jones-Drew’s arm. His TD pass to tight end Marcedes Lewis was the first by a non-QB Jaguars at home in franchise history. Asked whether he’s a better passer than teammates and college QBs Denard The Jaguars have lost six in a row at home, a streak coach Gus Bradley pointed out in meetings Robinson or Mike Brown, he said: “The stats this week. Jacksonville has won three in a row on speak for themselves.” the road, including the last two weeks, and needs to carry that momentum into EverBank Field Mincey returns on Thursday night. The team’s last win at home Jaguars veteran defensive end Jeremy Mincey, came Nov. 25, 2012, against Tennessee. “Can we inactive the last two games after oversleeping stay true to the last couple of weeks how we got and being late to a team meeting, will return to this point?” Bradley said. “Our players felt like we had the recipe all year, but we saw the results. against the Texans “unless something unforeseen happens,” Bradley said.

Let’s stick to the recipe and see if we can.”

Empty stocking N fund ®

By Barry Wilner The Associated Press

If you don’t have the NFL Network on your TV system this week, that might be a good thing. It would be difficult to come up with a worse matchup than Jacksonville hosting Houston.

Because every team must play a Thursday game under NFL scheduling rules, this AFC South snoozer is on the docket.

The loser will have the inside track to the top overall draft pick next spring, particularly if it’s Houston (2-10, No. 32 in the AP Pro32). The Texans are the only team with just two wins.

Jacksonville (3-9, No. 29 AP Pro32) has won three of its last four after starting 0-8 but is a 3-point underdog to a team that has dropped a franchise-record 10 straight games.

“It’s the NFL. You’re going to win or lose each week,” Jaguars receiver Cecil Shorts said after hearing belittling comments from vanquished opponents.

“You’ve got to bring your best that week. For us, we’re getting better. We’ve been 3-1 since the bye week, so if they’ve got a problem with it, come see us.

That’s how I feel about it.”

Here’s how we feel about it: JAGUARS, 19-17 No. 12 Dallas (pick-em) at No. 16 Chicago, Monday What’s more dangerous than trusting Dallas? How about mak-

ing Cowboys the best bet?

BEST BET: COWBOYS, 33-30 No. 28 Oakland (plus 2½) at No. 23 New York Jets Don’t think Jets should be favored over anybody.

UPSET SPECIAL: RAIDERS, 14-6 No. 3 (tie) Carolina (plus 4) at No. 5 New Orleans Angry Saints get some home cooking to soothe them.

SAINTS, 24-21 No. 1 Seattle (plus 3) at No. 6 San Francisco Already in playoffs, Seahawks can grab NFC West with victory.

Nope … 49ERS, 21-20 No. 9 Indianapolis (plus 5½) at No. 8 Cincinnati Colts can grab AFC South with win. Nope …

BENGALS, 26-20 No. 11 Detroit (plus 2½) at No. 10 Philadelphia Hard to trust Lions on the road, but they will scare Eagles.

EAGLES, 30-28 No. 7 Kansas City (minus 3½) at No. 31 Washington Chiefs get back to winning ways after rugged run. CHIEFS, 23-17 No. 25 Minnesota (plus 7) at No. 14 Baltimore Vikings fitting spoiler role well.

But Ravens smell playoffs.

RAVENS, 21-13

No. 15 Miami (plus 3) at No. 18 Pittsburgh Last gasp for Steelers to stay relevant. STEELERS, 21-20 No. 22 Tennessee (plus 12) at No. 2 Denver Broncos need to win out to secure home-field advantage in postseason, for what it’s worth.

BRONCOS, 37-27 No. 19 (tie) St. Louis (plus 6½) at No. 13 Arizona If Cardinals can protect Carson Palmer, they are dangerous.

CARDINALS, 27-17 No. 19 (tie) New York Giants (plus 3) at No. 17 San Diego Remember that Eli Manning was dealt for Philip Rivers? Rivers having much better year.

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PACKERS, 22-21

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OUTDOORS Peaceful pace

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ENCHANTED FOREST Where: Red River, Carson National Forest Website: www.enchantedforestxc.com Contact: 575-754-6112 or 575-770-2431 Availability: Open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. seven days a week Prices: One-day trail pass is $18 for adults, $14 after 12:30 p.m.; Seniors are $15/$12; Kids 12 and under are $9/$6; Seniors 70 and over and kids 6 and under are free Lodging: Yurts (small cabins) are available for $85 on Friday and Saturday; $65 Sunday through Thursday. Check the website or call for details.

ike most great ideas, the story of New Mexico’s premier destination spot for Nordic skiing and snowshoeing was born out of one person’s desire for change.

Back in the mid-1980s, John Miller attended a convention at Royal Gorge Cross Country Ski Resort in Soda Springs, Calif.

Although for years he had been offering his own private cross-country tours near the east fork of the Red River area in Northern New Mexico, it wasn’t until that trip to Royal Gorge that his dream became a passionate pursuit to make it a reality.

“He went out there and, really for the first time, saw what it was like to ski on groomed trails with the proper kind of equipment,” says Ellen Miller-Goins, John’s daughter and co-owner of Enchanted Forest Cross Country Ski and Snowshoe area in Red River. “My dad came back and thought, ‘You know, we can do this.’ ” At that point, Miller ran the Powder Puff area at Red River Ski Area’s beginner trail. He sold that in 1989 and started Enchanted Forest soon

after. Today, it is the state’s only exclusive Nordic and snowshoe resort, complete with small cabins known as yurts.

And just like any business, Enchanted Forest is catering its services to a particular type of client.

Miller-Goins, who co-owns the resort with her husband, Geoff Goins, said families and kids are welcome, but those adrenaline-seekers who often carve up the slopes at the Alpine resorts aren’t necessarily going to have a great time.

“People who like oxygen-fueled sports are attracted to the kinds of places that offer oxygenfueled activities, and this might not be the place,” she says. “It’s kind of like this: We’re the kind of place that’s a hiking trip as opposed to a fourwheeling adventure. You don’t hurry through a place like this.”

Now, you can hustle through Enchanted Forest’s groomed trails, that’s true. The passionate Nordic skiers and aggressive snowshoe types often do. But the vast majority enjoy the physical challenge of cross-country skiing and relish the slower pace the meandering trails offer in place of downhill skiing.

“A lot of our guests, I guess you could say, might find steep downhills too intimidating,” Miller-Goins says. “Then again, those downhill-

ers might think this is too intimidating because it does take work.”

Whereas most Alpine areas require several feet of snow, Enchanted Forest can make do with as little as a few inches. The best time to go, however, is just after a fresh snow, a time when the grooming has just taken place and the trees lining the trails are overloaded with powder.

“It’s so quiet and, especially here at 10,000 feet in the middle of the winter at night, it is truly beautiful,” Miller-Goins says.

In that regard, those looking for an extended stay should seriously consider renting a yurt. The first was built in 2010, spanning 16 feet and offering enough beds to accommodate more than a nuclear family. Those installed since then are 20 feet long and can sleep seven or eight people.

If cross-country skiing isn’t your thing, Enchanted Forest also caters to snowshoe enthusiasts. There are weekend discovery tours along with designated areas that are designed specifically for the adventurer who prefers to go it alone on foot.

There is a snowshoe running clinic being offered this weekend, and the resort will host a

Please see RUN, Page B-7 TOP: Enchanted Forest Cross Country Ski and Snowshoe area in Red River delivers a slower pace than downhill ski areas. ‘It’s so quiet and, especially here at 10,000 feet in the middle of the winter at night, it is truly beautiful,’ says Ellen MillerGoins, co-owner of Enchanted Forest.

LEFT: Jakob, 3, takes the lead Sunday at Enchanted Forest while his 15-month-old sister, Avalon, naps inside a ski buggy pulled by their mother, Laura Dugas.

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In addition to miles of backcountry trails, Enchanted Forest offers miles of 12- to 16-foot-wide groomed trails, trails dedicated to snowshoeing and trails for skiers with dogs.

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the snow for the holidays, ola, fellow skiers and boarders, pinheads check out the free demo days and ATers — snow coming up Dec. 14 at Santa Fe sliders all. By now I hope you Mountain Sports and Dec. 15 have had a chance to sample at Alpine Sports. A new event, the early season goods on the the Santa Fe Fireball Rando slopes, but if not, it should Race, makes its debut only get better as we move Feb. 8. This is an uphill/downon into true winter. hill comp with both race and Daniel recreation categories. The Ski Santa Fe has Gibson race category will require a 90 percent of its terrain open, 4,000-vertical-foot ascent/ including Big Rocks (but Snow Trax descent. The recreation catnone of its chutes), Tequila egory will require 2,400 vertiand Pope Snows. Cornice cal feet of climbing and descending. and the Burns are accessible but windscoured as of Tuesday afternoon. The Then comes a series of events best soft snow is on north-facing steeps being held back to back. The 50-plus like Richard’s Run, and also in excelFabulous Freeze Fest falls on Feb. 20, lent shape are the high-traffic runs and followed by the ASP Wounded Wargroomers. All services are functioning. riors Project on Feb. 21-22. On Feb. 22 comes the Ultimate Ski & SnowThe area recently posted its seasonlong special events calendar. Here’s a board Challenge (formerly known as summary: If you need a new ride on the UNM Corporate Cup), followed

by the Pine Cup Richard Abruzzo Memorial Fun Race on Feb. 23.

Then comes the Tessa Horan Ascension on March 22, the Mark West Memorial Race on March 23 and the Gladfelter Memorial Bump Contest on March 29. Details on all the events are posted on the Ski Santa Fe website in the news and events section.

Taos Ski Valley had an excellent opening day on Thanksgiving. No lifts were running on the backside, but it was accessible, as were frontside steeps on a rotating basis and Highline Ridge out to Juarez. The resort is open Thursdays through Sundays until Dec. 19. If you haven’t been able to get out yet, about the next best thing might be checking out the videos on TSV’s website.

They have hundreds posted, many

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Two trails and six jays

By Bill Johnson For The New Mexican

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wo wonders of Santa Fe are the birds that reside here and the scenic trails from which to observe them. Several different jays are abundant in this region, easily seen from local walking routes with binoculars or by the leisurely mountain bike rider.

The Arroyo Hondo Open Space, located off Arroyo Hondo Road just west of I-25, is filled with piñon for habitat but offers open vistas for viewing birds. The western scrub jay is a year-round resident of the open space, often seen rising from one piñon tree to a modest height and dropping back down onto the top of another. They defend breeding ter-

ritories here during the spring, keeping a sharp eye out for predators as well as rivals for their chosen patch of trees. More erratic are the piñon jays, stocky birds of steely blue that periodically fly past in flocks ranging from a single family to more than 50 sets of wings. Sharp eyes can pick out magpies, one of the largest jays, sweeping across the grasslands of the ancient pueblo and the equestrian estates that lie nearby.

New Mexico jays’ distribution overlaps in the Santa Fe area, but each has a special talent to exploit a particular niche of the ecology.

While the magpies may find food in equine waste, nearby insects and grains, the scrub jays often scratch

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N.M. fishing report Northeast PECOS RIVER:. The Mora and Jamie Koch fishing and recreation areas have reopened. The Bert Clancy and Terrero campgrounds remain closed. Trout fishing was good using salmon eggs, egg pattern flies, copper John Barrs and small wooly buggers for a mixed bag of brown and rainbow trout.

RED RIVER: Fishing below the hatchery was rated as good to excellent by anglers using beadhead prince nymphs, copper John Barrs, poundmeisters, egg patterns and salmon eggs for a mixed bag of browns and rainbows.

Anglers having the best luck were using double nymph rigs.

Northwest ALBUQUERQUE AREA DRAINS: Fishing was good using small copper John Barrs, bead-head pheasant tails, Power Bait and salmon eggs. Anglers using salmon eggs did best drifting single eggs on a small hook under a float. We received good reports from the Belen, Corrales, Albuquerque and Albuquerque South drains.

CHAMA RIVER: Fishing below El Vado was good using Power Bait, Rapalas, streamers, wooly buggers, copper John Barrs and spinners. Fishing below Abiquiú was good using copper John Barrs, wooly buggers, bead-head hares ears, salmon eggs and Panther Martins.

SAN JUAN RIVER: Fishing through the Quality Waters was good using small dry midge pat-

terns as hatches were lasting throughout the daylight hours.

Anglers also did well using small bead-head pheasant tails and zebra midges. Fishing through the bait waters was fair to good using salmon eggs, Power Bait, streamers and spinners.

TINGLEY BEACH: Trout fishing was good using Power Bait, salmon eggs, wooly buggers and Pistol Petes at the Central and Youth Ponds. Trout fishing at the Catch and Release Pond was fair to good using bunny leeches and green and olive wooly buggers.

Southwest BILL EVANS LAKE: Fishing for trout was good using Power Bait, salmon eggs and Pistol Petes under a bubble. A few trout were also taken on spinners. We had no reports on other species.

Southeast EL RITO CREEK: Trout fishing was good using salmon eggs.

OASIS PARK LAKE: Trout fishing was good using Power Bait and Pistol Petes.

This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers, anglers, guides and local businesses. Conditions may vary as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities.

Sierra Club hikes All Sierra Club Rio Grande chapter outings are free and open to the public. Always call leader to confirm participation and details.

Please see nmsierraclub.org/ outings for the most updated information.

SATURDAY, DEC. 7: Easy hike on Burn Trail Loop. About three-mile loop with about 600-foot elevation gain, close to Santa Fe. Send email to Nm5s@yahoo.com or call Alan Shapiro at 424-9242.

SUNDAY, DEC. 8: Easy/moderate hike on the new La Piedra Trail, off Dale Ball Trail, Phase 1. Only 6 miles roundtrip, but the latter half is quite steep; poles advised. Call Norma McCallan at 471-0005.

SUNDAY, DEC. 8: Strenuous hike to Lower Frijoles Falls from Ancho Rapids, 13 miles, 1,300 feet of elevation gain. Rugged off-trail, two-mile portion. Bring Bandelier park pass, if you have one. Call Aku at 577-2594.

Happy: See jays on Aspen Vista Trail Continued from Page B-6 at the forest floor in search of small-sized prey and seeds. The piñon jays are more selective, preferring their eponymous nuts. They may have to travel regionally to find nut-bearing trees. All three will also visit local feeders or bird baths in the winter, when other sources of food or water are scarce.

Three higher elevation jays can be observed along the Aspen Vista Trail. The Steller’s jay is often described as “jaunty” with its dark blue coloration, erect crest and noticeable white eyebrows. They frequent the aspen and spruce-fir forest along the first couple of miles of the trail. Climb higher to see the gray jays, which love to frequent hiker stopping points at timberline to scrounge for food scraps. The Clark’s nutcrackers range far and wide, but typically cache food supplies in the high Alpine zones encountered as one gains elevation toward the top of the ski area. Amazingly, even when the winter weather conditions have dramatically

Run: Yurts available for rent Continued from Page B-6 qualifying race in January for the upcoming snowshoe running national championships.

Geoff Goins has offered late-night snowshoe hikes in the past and, should the demand grow this season, may do so again.

If it happens, visitors would be in for a real treat, since his other passion is astronomy.

“At night up at this altitude,” Miller-Goins says, “it’s so bright even with a sliver of the moon that all you need is a headlamp to get around. With the open sky above you, it’s like you’re a part of the universe, and Geoff, he points out the constellations and talks about the stars.”

Visitors can rent Nordic equipment or snowshoes on site. The real adventure, Miller-Goins says, comes out on the trails.

Within a matter of minutes, visitors can find themselves in the quiet seclusion of the surrounding wilderness. Well-marked trails keep things safe, as does the warming hut that has become known as more than just a place to get the circulation moving again.

“I’ve found that it’s a place where people, complete strangers, can strike up conversations and have friendly visits,” Miller-Goins says. “This is one of those sports that’s like running. Sure, you’ve got the runners you can tell from a mile away; the Kenyans who can cover five miles in a minute. But the majority of people who do this are like me. I like to run, but I go at my own pace. You can

come out here and kick and glide, or you can go full speed. No matter what, though, sitting in the warming hut is like putting yourself in a room with people who share your enthusiasm, and that’s what people like about this place.”

Like any other ski destination, Enchanted Forest has its busy moments. The holidays — Christmas, New Year’s, Super Bowl weekend, even Martin Luther King Jr. Day — are usually greeted with a full parking lot and crowded trails.

Most times, however, it’s the laid-back feel that resonates at Enchanted Forest.

“One of the good things is if, at the end of the day, your car is still out in the parking lot, you can rest assured we’re going to come out and look for you,” Miller-Goins says. “We’re not so busy that we lose track of you.”

Exactly what the future holds for Enchanted Forest remains unclear. It’s a family business, started by Miller-Goins’ father and passed down to Geoff and Ellen, who now employ their son along with a small group of loyal locals.

“There were things my dad was able to do that you could never do now,” Miller-Goins says. “When he started, it was just a different time. The forest service was different. But he always thought we could do this. I remember we used to call this the West Texas Hamptons because of the people that came in, but now it’s for everyone. Families, people from here. It turned out just the way we thought.”

changed the landscape, they can find their cache. As well, the nutcrackers form groups that roam the lower elevations when the piñon harvest is peaking.

Less colorful, but equally important to a balanced ecosystem, crows and ravens range far and wide and are familiar to many trail users. Their considerable intelligence is a source of wonder to many nature lovers.

Ravens sport a wedge-shaped tail. It’s hard to think of a trail, in town or the foothills, where they won’t be spotted either nearby or soaring far overhead.

The Arroyo Hondo Open Space is easily accessed from town by going to the southern end of Old Pecos Trail and turning left, driving less than a mile east on a dirt road and up a short paved rise to the parking lot on the right off the road.

Driving up Hyde Park Road takes you to the start of the Aspen Vista trail.

Bill Johnson is a board member with Santa Fe Conservation Trust. Happy Trails appears the first Friday of the month in the Outdoors section.

Snow: Great month at Silverton Continued from Page B-6 linked to specific runs where they were shot. One video lacking any specific geographic locale but featuring some really novel and exciting pole camera angles and images in deep powder is found in the “most recent” section, dated Nov. 22.

Wolf Creek, open since Nov. 6, has all terrain accessible, including Knife Ridge, Alberta Peak and other high-hike-to terrain. Well-known ski maestro and motivational speaker Murray Banks returns Dec. 14 to teach a master class on technique and strengthening exercises.

Some details have emerged about a new chairlift being planned at Wolf Creek. The Elma Lift will provide a link between the bottom of the Alberta lift and the main base area, eliminating the need for the long traverse back along Park Avenue from the top of the Alberta chair.

It will also provide skiing in the Waterfall area before the Alberta chair opens when snow-control work is being done up high. The new chair will be a fixed-grip triple, about 2,400 feet in length.

Construction is expected this summer.

Talk about great early season conditions. Silverton Mountain had its deepest November in more than a decade and has the video to prove it. Filmed on Nov. 23, it finds some skis patrollers and one boarder out in the untracked faces, forests and chutes of the mighty San Juans, doing hip smears in bottomless powder on a bluebird day.

Lucky stiffs!

They open Dec. 21-22, Dec. 28-29 and Jan. 3-5 with unguided or guided (optional) operations. Then they go to a guided business only until April 11, when a few more weeks of unguided status returns. Know before you go that this is no stroll in the powder park. With no signage, patrol or marked obstacles — like cliffs — it’s deadly serious.

If you’ve never been there, I suggest reading an article about it written by Porter Fox, the perceptive and eloquent former Powder magazine writer and editor, published in The New York Times on Nov. 19, 2006. It’s found on the Silverton website in the section Mountain/Magazine features, or at www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/

travel/tmagazine/19silverton.html ?scp=4&sq=Silverton%2520Mount ain&st=cse.

Sipapu, with an 18-inch base, begins daily operations Wednesday, as does Durango Mountain Resort, which has a 33-inch base (with a storm on the way). The latter will begin running Chair 3 on Saturday and will open more terrain.

Telluride reports a 34-inch base, with the Apex lift serving expert slopes like Zulu Queen and Silver Glade. But the Plunge lift and frontside steeps have yet to open. Crested Butte, with a 38-inch base, will open the Silver Queen Express chair on Friday and the East River lift Saturday.

Monarch Mountain reports a 32-inch base with almost all runs open — except its extreme backwoods sector Mirkwood Basin.

Pajarito Mountain has an 18-inch base and needs another foot or so to launch. Ski Apache has opened, but only some 5 percent of its runs are skiable on a 7-inch base. Angel Fire opens Dec. 13. It has a 16-inch base.

Daniel Gibson can be reached at dbgibson@newmexico.com.

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HANDYMAN REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE, PRO-PANEL ROOFS, PAINTING, FENCING, YARDWORK. MINOR PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL. 25 years experience.

Consulting. Licensed. References.

Free estimates. (505)470-5877

AFFORDABLE HOME REPAIR

Housecleaning, garage cleaning, hauling trash.

Cutting Trees, Flagstone Patios, Driveways, Fencing, Yard Work, Stucco, Tile..

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TRINO’S AFFORDABLE Construction all phases of construction, and home repairs. Licensed. 505-9207583

LANDSCAPING WINTER NINJA! SNOW REMOVAL, DRIVEWAYS (LONG OR SHORT), WALKWAYS, WINDOW CLEANING, PRUNING SHRUBS & TREES, AND MORE. DANNY, 505-501-1331.

CALL 986-3000 ROOFING ALL-IN-ONE. Roof Maintenance. Complete Landscaping. Yard Cleaning & Maintenance. Gravel Driveway. Roof Leaking Repair, Complete Roofing Repairs. New & Old Roofs. Painting.

Torch Down, Stucco. Reasonable Prices! References Available. Free Estimates. 505-603-3182.

ALL TYPES . Metal, Shingles, Composite torch down, Hot Mop, Stucco, Plaster. Free Estimates! Call Ismael Lopez at 505-670-0760.

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STORAGE SPACE AN EXTRA LARGE UNIT BLOWOUT SPECIAL Airport Cerrillos Storage. UHaul. Cargo Van. 505-4744330. airportcerrillos.com A-Poco Self Storage 2235 Henry Lynch Rd Santa Fe, NM 87507 505-471-1122 12x24 for Only $195.00.

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»animals«

2014 Pet Calendar for $5!

100% of sales donated to SFAS.

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COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE Space with big garage door. Ideal for storage. Includes heat, security and auto wrought iron gate with plenty of parking. 1550 Squ.ft., $ 900.00 plus utilities. Month of November Free, sooner you move in the better the savings. Year lease No Live In. Please call 505-216-1649 7504 Avenger Way Suite C.

Needed for busy dental practice.

Dental Experience A Must!

Some Saturday’s and later hours.

Excellent pay. Fax resume to 505424-8535.

STEEL BUILDING BARGAINS ALLOCATED DISCOUNTS. We do deals.

30x40, 50x60, 100x100 and more.

Total Construction and Blueprints Available.www.gosteelbuildings. com Source #18X 505-349-0493

MOVING. STURDY QUALITY CHICKEN COOP. NESTING BOX, UP TO 10 CHICKENS. 4’W X 6’L X 10’H. $600.

505-466-4876.

CREDENZA: Burl in doors, natural wood. A collector. $500.

COMPUTERS

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POMERANIAN PUPPIES: Tiny, quality double coat. $600 to $800. Registered, first shots. POODLES: White male $350, white female $450. Tiny cream male, $450. Docked tails and dew claws removed. First shots. 505-9012094.

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Front Desk Position

HELP NEEDED WITH INSURANCE EXAMS in Santa Fe & surrounding areas. Contract position. Must be proficient in drawing blood and reliable. Call (505)296-9644 Veronica.

PETS SUPPLIES

FEED EQUIPMENT SERVICES

BUILDING MATERIALS PLYWOOD. CABINET GRADE. 4’x8’ sheets.

Never used.

Different thicknesses. 505-983-8448.

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BEDROOM SUITE: example pictures.

King bed, armoire, night stands.

Many drawers, marble tops.

for a busy MOBILE - OB/GYN Practice in Albuquerque, NM. Must be ARDMS and OB/GYN Certified. Fetal Echo and NT Certified desired but not necessary. Must have a valid NM Driver’s license. No weekends and no call. Fax resume to 505-830-2023.

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Experienced Ultrasonographer

2000 SQUARE foot space with high ceilings & 2 overhead doors. Office, bath. Great for auto repair. $1600 monthly. 505-660-9523

Warehouse for lease 40x60 2400 sq.ft. heated, security system, full bath with shower, 1544 Center Drive. $1700 monthly. 505-670-6910

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FIREWOOD-FUEL

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BORZOI (RUSSIAN WOLF HOUND) PUPPIES FOR SALE. READY NOW. 505988-1407

SIDE TABLE. Willows, pine, handcrafted.

12x34x42 $250.

WEST HIGHLAND Terriers, 7 weeks, 1 male, 2 females, all white coats. First shots, AKC registered. $600 each.

505-699-1550.

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WORK STUDIOS ARTIST WORKSPACE. 1,470 Sq.Ft., 8 foot overhead doors, 220volt outlets. $1,325 monthly, year lease plus utilities. South Santa Fe. 505-474-9188

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3 DAYS a week Santa Fe, Los Alamos office. Non-smoker nonsmoking household, no weekends.

Email resume:

jperkins@cybermesa.com or call Julie at 505-662-4351.

MEDICAL OFFICE Manager, needed for single doctor practice. Responsibilities include scheduling, billing and collecting with all insurance carriers, phone and computer. Full-time, excellent pay based on experience, benefits. Immediate opening. Santa Fe. Fax Resume to 505-795-7371 or call 505-7957370.

P C M is hiring PCAs, Caregivers (FT & PT Hours), LPNs, RNs, for inhome care in the Santa FE, NM area. PCA, Caregiver $11 hourly, LPN $25 hourly, RN $32 hourly.

Call 866-902-7187 Ext. 350 or apply at: procasemanagement.com EOE PERSONALS LOOKING FOR relatives of Marie Teresita (Cruz) Reeves, born 1926, San Juan Pueblo, lived in Wyoming.

Parents, Bernardita (Cata)and Avelino Cruz. 307-277-5969

PUBLIC NOTICES MEETING NOTICE: Bi-national Commission FROM: Jon Barela, Cabinet Secretary of Economic Development Department, State of New Mexico SUBJECT: 2013 Plenary Meeting of the New Mexico Chihuahua Commission DATE: December 5, 2013 3:00 - 4:30 PM LOCATION: Sandia Resort & Casino, Albuquerque, New Mexico An agenda may be obtained at least 24 hours before the meeting at 221 Pete Domenici Hwy, Santa Teresa NM 88008. Any individual with a disability in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the meeting, should contact Laura Chaparro, Coordinator, at 575-589-6501 at least one week prior to the meeting, or as soon as possible. Public documents, Including the agenda and minutes, can be provided upon request.

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ADMINISTRATIVE Receptionist, Detailer

Tired of the same old job. Looking for something new? We need a receptionist and a vehicle detailer with experience. Don’t have the work experience, we will train the right person. For more details call 505-330-4900.

MANAGEMENT MANAGER FOR day-to-day operations of non-profit homeowner’s associations.

HOA management experience or related background desired (real estate, property management, escrow, title experience).

Background, drug screens apply. Submit cover letter, resume, salary requirements to hr@hoamco.com with subject "Manager-SF".

Professional Home Heath care is looking to hire a full time salaried Physical Therapist.

FIREWOOD FOR SALE Mostly cottonwood. Split and cut into Stove lengths. Good for fireplaces too.

Load your own in Nambe. $150 for a full-measured cord. 505-455-2562.

Quality made, Blue-stained wood table, 60x39. $300

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Mostly cottonwood. Split and cut into Stove lengths. Good for Fireplaces too. Load your own in Nambe. $150 for a full-measured cord. 505-455-2562.

Small cabinet, sun-face.

37Hx18Wx8D, $200. 505-982-4926

Bronson is a 6-month-old p it mix is currently in foster care, and his foster mom can’t say enough good things about him!

She reports that in a low-key foster environment, Bronson is coming out of his shell. Other dogs give him confidence, and he would love to have a dog buddy in the house to help show him the ropes and bolster that confidence. He also loves play-dates with other dogs! Crate-trained and leash-trained.

To meet Bronson, please call his foster home at 505 501 0790.

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Candidate must have a high school diploma or equivalent; (Associates degree preferred); be computer proficient on MAC OS9/OSX; have experience with Adobe InDesign, QuarkExpress, Photoshop and Acrobat and CMYK seps; be knowledgeable in graphic files (EPS, PDF, TIF, ETC.); have complete understanding of 2-up, 4-up and 8-up page imposition; and previous film & CTP output.

This position is located at our southside location off the frontage road by I25. Pay rate is dependent upon experience. Selected candidate will be eligible to participate in our insurance and 401k plans after waiting period.

Apply in person or send application/resume to: Geri Budenholzer Human Resources Manager The Santa Fe New Mexican 202 East Marcy St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 Or e-mail gbudenholzer@sfnewmexican. com Application deadline: Friday, December 6, 2013.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

SALES MARKETING

Is looking to hire a motivated and enthusiastic individual with a passion for sales to fill an opening in the

Classified Sales Department.

The Classified Sales Consultant position offers great benefits and pay with base pay and commission based on a team sales structure.

Please email Amy Fleeson at afleeson@sfnewmexican.com

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DEL CORAZON HOSPICE is seeking a highly motivated, compassionate, and experienced CNA and PRNRN. Please call 505-988-2049 for application.

PLUMBING SERVICE TECH. Must have valid drivers license, Pass drug test.

Certifications a plus. FAX RESUME TO: 505-438-0823

GARAGE SALE ELDORADO 4 CONCHAS Court Indoor sale.

Unique, quality objects furniture.

Great for gifts. Good prices. Saturday, December 7, 8-2. Follow signs.

El Dorado Community Rummage Sale for Christmas, with The Second Annual Arts & Crafts Fair. CowGirl.

Toys. Pictures with Santa! Christmas Caroling. Saturday December 7 from 10 ~ 4. At La Tienda Shopping Center in El Dorado, 7 Caliente Road, across from The Agora Shopping Center.

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Selected candidate will operate, troubleshoot and maintain platemaking equipment, Newsway and PageImposer production systems; RIPs, imagesetters, processors and printers as needed in the daily production of the newspaper; layout classified and obituary pages using QuarkXpress; and download files from SFNM FTP site and enter them into Newsway/PageImposer.

MOVING SALE! December 7, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 608 Rio Grande Avenue.

7 CALIENTE Rd. Cowgirl Christmas, Cowboys Welcome Too! Saturday December 7th from 10:00am - 4:00pm at La Tienda in Eldorado

Highly competitive salary, with great benefits package. Send Resume to (505) 982-0788. Attn: Brian or call (505) 982-8581.

The Santa Fe New Mexican is seeking a motivated candidate to join the Pre-Press team working behind the scenes in the daily production of the newspaper.

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BEAUTIFUL COUCH WITH LOVELY ACCENTS. FROM A SMOKE AND PET FREE HOME. $350. PLEASE CALL, 505-238-5711 TO SCHEDULE A VIEWING.

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MISCELLANEOUS FAROLITOS. $7 per dozen pick up, $9 per dozen delivered. 505-660-2583.

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MAPLE-TOP FARM Table, 34x60.

With white legs plus four matching chairs. Excellent condition. 505- 4714713. $250 Sofa, Queen, makes into bed. Like new. $475, 505-983-5260

LEATHER DESK CHAIR in very good condition: $75. 505-466-9834 or 505986-3022.

Sheila is a cuddly companion, the perfect house dog! She is 2.5 years old, brown, mixed breed, spayed female, 40 lbs.

Sheila loves adults, is ok with cats, but asks for a home without kids or dogs.

Crate trained, leash trained, house trained! Likes occasional walks but TV marathons on the couch are just as good!

Call Jacinta at 505-433-8617.

Holiday Bell Boutique, Arts, Crafts, Food, Music. Saturday, December 7th 9a.m.-2p.m. 30 Vendors, 1200 Old Pecos Trail. St. Johns UMC .

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For more info or to see other pets you can go to the Friends of the Shelter, Los Alamos website at: http://w w w .petfinder.com /sh elters/nm07.html

AAA by JO, December 5-8, 10 a.m 3 p.m. Amazing Sale!! 5,000 squ.ft. of high end furniture, clothing, shoes, decor and miscellaneous.

2290 Highway 304 in Rio Communities, east of Belen.

PEMBROKE WELSH CORGI, AKC, 5 females, 1 male. ROMX, background, 7 weeks, great confirmation and marks, socialized. $400, $600. 505304-8865.

FANTASTIC ESTATE Sale! Everything must go!! Saturday 12/7 and Sunday 12/8 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Beautiful furniture, artwork, hand-painted kitchen table with two leaves and 6 chairs, armoir , Mexican cabinet, cherry desk, new grill, patio furniture, bedroom furniture, books, bookcase, easel, kitchen items, ceramics, antiques, linens, 72 mexican tiles, mirrors, storage containers, tools, etc., etc.!

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the wallet cooler lines of the customer and extracts the payment.

That’s why we like it so much.

RAY: Using the oldfashioned method of “dropping (i.e., removing) the pan” is acceptable, but it always leaves old fluid in the torque converter.

So at the end of your fluid change, your “new” transmission fluid is still, at best, only 3/4 new.

TOM: There’s a myth that we’ve been hearing forever that changing the transmission fluid on an old car will hasten the demise of its transmission.

People will say, “I knew a g uy with an old car who changed his transmission fluid, and a week later, the transmission died.”

RAY: Yeah, that’s what Jim says.

TOM: Oh. So it is.

Well, in my opinion,

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2008 BMW X5 3.0si AWD. Pristine recent trade-in, factory CERTIFIED with warranty & maintenance until 9/2014, low miles, clean CarFax $25,871. Call 505-216-3800.

2012 Land Rover LR2 SUV. Certified Pre-Owned, Climate Comfort Package, Bluetooth and Sirius Radio.

13,182 miles. Showroom condition! $30,995. 505-474-0888.

2004 Nissan Murano SE AWD. Another Lexus trade-in! Low miles, loaded, leather, moonroof, new tires, just serviced! clean CarFax $10,871. Call 505-216-3800.

95 MITSUBISHI Montero, mechanically and everyway great. Second owner, service records, 264,000 miles, excellent work vehicle. $2,800. 505-2314481.

WHICH METHOD OF CHANGING TRANSMISSION FLUID IS BEST?

Stephens A Consignment Gallery EAST SIDE ESTATE SALE. Kloss, Baumann, Oriental Art, Objects de arte, Mid-Century furniture Saturday 12/14. Watch for details, www.stephensconsignments.com

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2010 Toyota RAV4 AWD Sport Another sweet one owner, low mileage RAV 4. Only 41k miles from new. Automatic, all wheel drive, power windows and locks, CD. Roof rack, alloy wheels and more. Pristine condition, no accidents, clean title and CarFax. Only $18,877. 505-954-1054.

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at a cost of a couple of thousand dollars.

After selling that car, I bought another used car and wanted to have the transmission fluid changed. From that f irst experience, I decided to have it changed by dropping the pan and changing the f ilter. I now have a 2005 Chrysler 300C that needs the transmission fluid changed. What do you recommend for having it changed -dropping the pan, or the backflow recycle method? -- Jim RAY: We like the recycling method.

That’s where a machine is hooked up to your transmission’s cooler lines, and then, as the transmission pumps out the old fluid, the machine replaces it with all brand-new fluid.

TOM: Then the machine attaches to

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Stephens A Consignment Gallery AL & ALICE WADLE ESTATE SALE with Wadle Gallery Additions, 1860 Forest Cr

Friday. December. 6th. 9-3.

Saturday, December 7th. 9-3 NATIVE AMERICAN: pottery, beadwork, weavings jewelry. LARGE ART COLLECTION- P. Hurd, N. Fechin, D. Ricks, E. Hibel, Ramon Kelley, W. Ufer S. Forbis, Wadle, E. Bendell. Lots more! SOUTHWESTFurniture, Retablos, Tin, Sofas, Tables. JEWELRY- sterling, Turquoise, coral, Beading supplies, beadwork. VAULTS & SAFES , plus usual estate items, MEN’S & WOMENS CLOTHING. Imageswww.stephensconsignments.com

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Dear Tom and Ray: What is the best way to have transmission fluid changed? Around 2002, I had my transmission fluid changed by the recycle method at a quick-change oil place. About a week later, the transmission went completely out

any transmission that will die soon after a fluid change was almost certainly on death’s doorstep before the fluid change.

RAY: I mean, when do most people with old heaps suddenly decide they need to change their transmission fluid? When the transmission starts acting up, right?

TOM: That’s probably what happened with you, too, Jim. So, if your transmission is already slipping, or making hard shifts, or failing to shift at all, a fluid change is not going to be a longterm, miracle cure. If you’re replacing really old, burned-out fluid, it might help you for a while. But whichever method you use, you’re really unlikely to make it any worse. Good luck.

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1977 2-DOOR OLDSMOBILE REGAL. V8. Excellent condition. Nice paint job!

Good upholstery. A bargain at $1,750 OBO. 505-660-0165, or 505-412-0197.

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2012 Audi A3 TDI. DIESEL! Fun with amazing fuel economy! Wellequipped, 1 owner clean CarFax $25,871. Call 505-216-3800.

Airport Road and 599 505-660-3039

Another One Owner, Carfax, Garaged, Non-Smoker, 85,532 Miles, Timing Belt, Seals, WaterPump done, New Tires, Pristine $9,450.

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2005 SUBARU FORESTER2.5X MANUAL

2010 Audi Q7 Premium AWD. Pristine recent trade-in, low miles, new tires, recently serviced, clean CarFax $33,781. Call 505-216-3800.

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2006 BMW Z4 M

2002 Porsche Boxster S

Accident free with only 65k original miles. 6 speed manual, high horsepower 3.2 motor, tan leather with heated seats. Perfect electric top with glass rear window. 4 Michelin Pilots on alloy rims. Winter sale priced at $13,888. 505-954-1054.

One owner, accident free, M series. Only 25k well maintained miles from new. 6 speed manual, high performance model. Pristine condition throughout. Winter sale priced $25,877. 505-954-1054.

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2000 Jeep Cherokee Classic

Another sweet one owner, low mileage Cherokee. Only 91k miles, accident free, smoke free, well maintained Cherokee Classic looks new. 4.0L 6 cylinder, automatic, new tires and brakes for your safety.

Excellent condition inside and out. Only $8,112. 505-954-1054.

2010 BMW 535Xi AWD. Recent trade-in, factory CERTIFIED with warranty & maintenance until 3/2016, fully loaded, clean CarFax $25,741. Call 505-216-3800.

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2011 Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE SUV. Certified Pre-Owned, Climate Comfort Package, Satellite and HD Radio, and Anigre Wood.

30,296 miles. One owner. Showroom Condition! $51,695. 505-4740888.

2012 TOYOTA PRIUS-C3

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Another one Owner, Carfax, Garaged, Non-Smoker, 14,710 Miles, Remaining Factory Warranty, Navigation, Loaded, 53 City 46 Highway, Why Buy New Pristine $19,450.

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2006 VOLVO-C70 CONVERTIBLE FWD

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2006 Kia Sportage AWD

Another sweet one owner, all wheel drive Kia. Only 75k original miles, V6, automatic, CD, new tires on alloy rims. Ashtray’s never been used.

Excellent condition inside and out. $8,917.

505-954-1054.

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2010 BMW X5d TURBO DIESEL. White with grey & black leather interior. 59,000 miles. Great stereo, GPS, blue-tooth, satellite, heated seats, moon roof, running boards. Perfect condition. Service and extended warranty valid to 100k miles. BMW Dealership maintained. 505-690-1984.

2010 Land Rover LR2 HSE SUV. Climate Comfort Package, Bluetooth and Sirius Radio. One owner.

10,178 actual miles. No accidents!

Showroom condition! 505-4740888.

Another One Owner, 36,974 Miles, Every Service Record, Carfax, Garage, Non-Smoker, Manuals, XKeys, Loaded, Convertible Fully Automated, Press Button Convertible Or Hardtop. Soooooo Beautiful, Pristine. $17,450.

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2001 BMW X5. Only 79,000 miles! 4.4i Big engine, Fully loaded, Sports package, Wide Tires, 5-cd changer, great sound, clean inside out. $11,500. 505-469-5396.

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2012 Honda Odyssey EX-L. Another 1-owner trade! Loaded with leather and navigation, like new condition, clean CarFax. $29,911. Call 505-216-3800.

2010 Toyota Venza V6 AWD. Fully loaded with leather & panoramic roof, AWD, 1 owner clean CarFax, luxurious, practical & reliable! $24,371. Call 505-216-3800.

2007 Mini Cooper S. WOW! Only 34k miles! Immaculate, 1 owner clean CarFax, turbo, well-equipped only $14,981. Call 505-216-3800.

2007 Subaru Forester Premium

2008 BMW 535-XI WAGON AUTOMATiC

Ultra clean, all wheel drive Forester. Premium package has heated seats, panoramic moon roof, power windows, locks and driver’s seat, cruise control and more. Get a sweet deal on this Subie. Only $11,187. 505-954-1054.

Local Owner, Carfax, Service Records, Garaged, Non-Smoker, XKeys, Manuals, All Wheel Drive, Heated Steering, Navigation, So Many Options, Totally Pristine Soooo Beautiful $23,750.

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23,000 original miles. Completely rebuilt. Gas engine. $16,000 OBO. 505-982-2511 or 505-670-7862 1995 TOYOTA Tacoma, extra cab, 4x4.

Turquoise, good work truck, 300,000 miles. $5,000, OBO. 505-988-2627.

2008 Infiniti G35X AWD. Super low miles 42k! recent trade-in, 1 owner clean CarFax, fully equipped $20,871. Call 505-216-3800.

2011 Nissan Rogue S AWD. Fresh trade-in, good miles, service up-todate, very nice, clean CarFax $15,211. Call 505-216-3800.

2009 TOYOTA Corolla LE. Only 53k miles! Another 1 owner clean CarFax trade-in! Super nice, fully serviced $12,961. Call 505-216-3800.

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CLASSIFIEDS GETS RESULTS. 2008 TOYOTA Sienna LE. Just 59k miles, another 1-owner Lexus trade-in! clean CarFax, immaculate condition $15,941. Call 505-2163800.

2008 TOYOTA SEQUOIA 4X4 PLATINUM

Another One Owner, Local, Carfax, Service Records, Garaged, Non-Smoker, Navigation, Rear Entertainment, Third Row Seat, Leather, Loaded. Pristine $28,300.

2004 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER-SUV 4X4

Another One Owner, Local, 85, 126 Miles, Every Service Record, Carfax, Garaged, Non-Smoker, XKeys, Manuals, Third Row Seat, New Tires, Pristine. $13,950

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2011 VOLKSWAGEN JETTATDI WAGON

Another One Owner, 54000 Miles, Carfax, Garaged, Non-Smoker, Service Records, Manual-6Spd, Gas saver Mpg 36-45, Loaded, Pristine $19,650.

2010 Chevy Equinox AWD LT V6.

28,748 miles, Pioneer Audio, Leather, Backup Camera, and much more. One owner. No accidents! $20,995. Call 505-474-0888.

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2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid. Another 1-owner Lexus trade-in! Super clean, recently serviced, clean CarFax $13,781. Call 505-216-3800.

2006 Toyota Prius III. Only 45k miles! Hybrid, back-up camera, great fuel economy, immacualte, clean CarFax. $12,871. Call 505-2163800.

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CITY OF SANTA FE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF SANTA FE STATE OF NEW MEXINotice is hereby giv- CO en that the Governing Body of the City of Cause No. D-101-PBSanta Fe will hold a 2013-00207 public hearing on Wednesday, Decem- IN THE MATTER OF ber 11, 2013 at its reg- THE ESTATE OF ular City Council BRUCE C. DETTER, JR., Meeting, 7:00 p.m. Deceased session, at City Hall Council Chambers, NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF HEARING ON 200 Lincoln Avenue.

PETITION FOR PROThe purpose of this BATE OF WILL AND OF public hearing is to APPOINTMENT discuss a request PERSONAL REPRESENfrom Violet Crown TATIVE AND FOR APAS Cinemas LLC for the POINTMENT TRUSTEE OF TESTAfollowing: MENTARY TRUST a) Pursuant to ss60ALL UN6B-10 NMSA 1978, a TO: PERSONS request for a waiver KNOWN of the 300 foot loca- WHO HAVE OR CLAIM tion restriction to al- ANY INTEREST IN THE low the sale of alco- MATTER OF THE ESholic beverages at TATE OF BRUCE C. JR., DEViolet Crown, 1606 DETTER, Alcaldesa Street CEASED, OR IN THE BEING which is within 300 MATTER IN THE feet of Tierra LITIGATED MENEncantada Charter HEREINAFTER School @ Alvord, 551 TIONED HEARING. Alarid Street; A hearing on the Petib) If the waiver of the tion filed by the un300 foot restriction is dersigned, Joan P. granted, a request Detter, which Petition from Violet Crown requests the admisCinemas LLC for a sion to probate of the Restaurant Liquor Li- Last Will and Testacense (Beer and Wine ment of Bruce C. On-Premise Con- Detter, Jr. (the "decesumption Only) to be dent"), which Last located at Violet Will and Testament Crown, 1606 was executed on July Alcaldesa Street, San- 14, 1998, and the apta Fe, pointment of Joan P. Detter as personal All interested citizens representative of the are invited to attend estate of decedent, this public hearing. will be held before the Honorable Sarah M. Singleton, Division /s/: Yolanda Y. Vigil II, at the Judge Steve City Clerk Herrera Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Legal# 96042 Published in the San- Ave., Santa Fe, NM ta Fe New Mexican 87501, on January 15, November 28, Decem- 2014, at 1:00 p.m.

Pursuant to 45-1-401 ber 5, 2013 NMSA 1978, notice of the time and place of CITY OF SANTA FE hearing on said petiNOTICE OF tion is hereby given PUBLIC HEARING you by publication, once each week, for Notice is hereby giv- two consecutive en that the Governing weeks.

Body of the City of DATED: N o v e m b e r Santa Fe will hold a 25, 2013. public hearing on Wednesday, Decem- s/ ber 11, 2013 at its reg- Joan P. Detter ular City Council Petitioner Meeting, 7:00 p.m. 02 Coyote Trail session, at City Hall Santa Fe, New Mexico Council Chambers, 87507 200 Lincoln Avenue.

Submitted By: The purpose of this JURGENS & WITH, P.A. hearing is to discuss By: s/ a request from El- Mack E. With Evation, LLC for a 100 La Salle Circle, Restaurant Liquor Li- Suite A Santa Fe, New cense (Beer and Wine Mexico 87505 (505) On-Premise Con- 984-2020 sumption Only) to be Attorneys for Petilocated at El-Evation tioner Bistro, 103 E Water Street, Santa Fe. Legal#96106 Published in the SanAll interested citizens ta Fe New Mexican are invited to attend on: November 28 and this public hearing.

December 5, 2013

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and TOMMY TAYLOR, Claimant.

NOTICE TO TOMMY TAYLOR: The above-captioned action has been filed to seek forfeiture of the above-described motor vehicle. If no response is filed, default judgment may be entered in favor of the Petitioner.

The name, address and telephone number of Petitioner’s attorney are: R. Alfred Walker Assistant City Attorney City of Santa Fe 200 Lincoln Avenue P.O. Box 909 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0909 Telephone: (505) 9556967 Facsimile: (505) 9556748 Email: awalker@ci.santafe.nm.us Legal #96034 Published in the Santa Fe New Mexican on November 21, 28 & December 5, 2013

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FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE CITY OF SANTA FE ex rel.

SANTA FE POLICE DEPARTMENT, Petitioner, vs.

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No. 02444

CORBETT

D-101-CV-2013-

NOTICE TO JASON CHURDER:

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The above-captioned action has been filed to seek forfeiture of the above-described motor vehicle. If no response is filed, default judgment may FIRST JUDICIAL DIS- be entered in favor of TRICT COURT the Petitioner.

The STATE OF NEW MEXI- name, address and CO telephone number of COUNTY OF SANTA FE Petitioner’s attorney are: CITY OF SANTA FE ex rel.

R. Alfred Walker SANTA FE POLICE DE- Assistant City AttorPARTMENT, ney City of Santa Fe Petitioner, 200 Lincoln Avenue P.O. Box 909 v s .

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0909 Telephone: (505) 955No. D-101- 6967 CV-2013-02607 Facsimile: (505) 9556748 ONE (1) 1983 RED E m a i l : CHEVROLET VAN awalker@ci.santaV .

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The 87504. The Hearing name, address and Officer assigned to telephone number of this application is AnPetitioner’s attorney nette Brumley. She are: can be contacted at R. Alfred Walker 505-476-4548.

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formation on how members of the public may obtain a copy of the agenda. The agenda shall be available to the public at Legal#96110 least seventy-two Published in the San- (72) hours before any ta Fe New Mexican special meeting. on: December 5, 2013 4.

Emergency POJOAQUE VALLEY meetings will be SCHOOLS OPEN called only under cirMEETINGS cumstances, which PROCEDURES demand immediate All meetings of a quo- action to protect the rum of the Pojoaque health, safety, and Valley Schools Board property of citizens of Education for the or to protect the pubpurpose of formulat- lic body from subing public policy, dis- stantial financial loss. cussing public busi- The Pojoaque Valley ness or for the pur- School Board will pose of taking any avoid emergency action within the au- meetings whenever thority of or delegat- possible. Emergency ed authority of the meetings may be board are declared to called by the Board be public meetings President or a majoriopen to the public at ty of all times. Such meet- the members upon ings shall be held on- twenty-four (24) ly after reasonable hours’ notice, unless notice to the public threat of personal inand, except as pro- jury or property damvided in the Open age requires less noMeetings Act, shall tice. The notice for allow for the public to all emergency meetlisten to and observe ings shall include an the actions of the agenda for the meetBoard. ing or information on how the public may 1.

Any meeting obtain a copy of the subject to the Open agenda. Within 10 Meetings Act at days of taking action which the discussion on an emergency or adoption of any matter, the Board proposed resolution, shall report to the Atrule, regulation or torney General the formal action occurs action taken and the shall be held only af- circumstances creatter reasonable notice ing the emergency. to the public.

The Board shall deter- 5.

For the purmine annually what poses of regular constitutes reasona- meetings, notice reble notice of its pub- quirements are also lic meetings. met if notice of the date, time, place, and 2.

All regularly agenda is sent to scheduled Board newspapers of genermeetings shall be al circulation in the held in the Adminis- state at least four (4) tration Office, Sammy days prior to the date J. Quintana of the regular meetC o m m u n i t y / B o a r d ing and posted in the Room at 1574 State following locations: Road 502, Santa Fe, Lobby of the District’s New Mexico 87506 at Administration Office 5:30 p.m., unless oth- and Website.

The erwise specified. No- Pojoaque Valley tice of regular meet- School Board secretaings shall be given by ry shall also mail or publishing this policy fax copies of the once a week for two agenda to those (2) consecutive broadcast stations liweeks in the Santa Fe censed by the FederNew Mexican within al Communications thirty (30) days of Commission, and adoption of this poli- newspapers of genercy and on the Dis- al circulation, that trict’s web site. Un- have made a written less otherwise speci- request for notice of fied, regular meet- public meetings. ings shall be held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. On 6.

For the purthe fourth Wednes- poses of special day in the months of meetings and emerSeptember and May, gency meetings, nothe Board will review tice requirements the district’s Strate- shall gic Plan. The agenda be met by posting shall be posted at notice of the date, least seventy-two time, place, and (72) hours before the agenda in the lobby meeting on the Public of District AdminisNotice board located tration Office. in the lobby of the Central Office Admin- 7.

In addition istration Building and to the information at each Pojoaque Val- specified above, all ley public school notices shall include building. No Regular the following lanMeetings will be guage. scheduled on the fourth Wednesday of December or July.

If you are an individual with a disability 3.

Specialmeet- who is in need of a ings may be called by reader, amplifier, the board president qualified sign lanor a majority of the guage interpreter, or members upon any other form of seventy-two (72) auxiliary aid or servhours notice. The no- ice to attend or partice shall include in- ticipate in the hear-

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p ing or meeting, please contact the superintendent at 1574 State Road 502, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506 , at least one week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible.

Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact the superintendent at 1574 State Road 502, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506 , if summary or other type of accessible format is needed.

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g g held by the above Plaintiff and wherein Plaintiff was adjudged to have a lien against the above-described real estate in the sum of $175,149.77 plus interest from December 1, 2012 to the date of sale at the rate of 7.500% per annum, the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fee, publication costs, and Plaintiff’s costs expended for taxes, insurance, and keeping the property in good repair. Plaintiff has the right to bid at such sale and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.

The Pojoaque Valley School Board may close a meeting to the public only if the subject matter of such discussion or action is exempted from the open meeting requirement of the Open Meetings act. a.

If any meeting is closed during an open meeting, such closure shall be approved by a majority vote of a quorum of the Pojoaque Valley School Board taken during the open meeting. The authority for the closure and the subjects to be discussed shall be stated with reasonable specificity in the motion for closure, and the vote on closure of each individual member shall be recorded in the minutes.

Only those subjects specified in the motion may be discussed in a closed meeting. b.

If the decision to hold a closed meeting is made when the Pojoaque Valley School Board is not in an open meeting, the closed meeting shall not be held until public notice, appropriate under the circumstances, stating the specific provision of law authorizing the closed meeting and the subjects to be discussed with reasonable specificity is given to the members and to the general public.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT No. 01773

D-101-CV-2011-

CENLAR FSB, Plaintiff, v.

SUSAN M. MONIOTTE, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF LESLIE C. KING III AKA LESLIE COOPER KING III, DECEASED, ELIZABETH A. KING BURNS, HEIR OF DECEDENT, GLADYS BURNS, HEIR OF DECEDENT, KATHLEEN KING, HEIR OF THE DECEDENT, DEL NORTE CREDIT UNION, LOS ALAMOS CREDIT UNION AND JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE (WHOSE TRUE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN) TENANTS, Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will on December 18, 2013 at 10:15 AM, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Court, 225 Montezuma, Santa Fe, New Mexico, sell and convey to the highest bidder for cash all the right, title, and interest of the above-named defendants in and to the following described real estate located in said County and State:

Unit 3 A of the LMT Solar Condominiums, created by Declaration of Condominium for L M T Solar Condominium, recorded in Book 421, Page 659, as amended, and as shown on plat filed as Document No. 479, 524, recorded in the office of the County Clerk, Santa Fe Counc.

F o l l o w i n g ty, New Mexico. completion of any closed meeting, the The address of the reminutes shall state al property is 1339 whether the matters Pacheco Ct. #3, Santa discussed in the Fe, NM 87505. Plainclosed meeting were tiff does not reprelimited only to those sent or warrant that specified in the mo- the stated street adtion or notice for clo- dress is the street adsure. dress of the described property; if the d.

Except as street address does provided in the Open not match the legal Meetings Act, any ac- description, then the tion taken as a result property being sold of discussion in a herein is the property closed meeting shall more particularly debe made by vote of scribed above, not the Pojoaque Valley the property located School Board in an at the street address; open public meeting. any prospective purchaser at the sale is This policy shall be given notice that it reviewed for needed should verify the lochanges and re- cation and address of adopted annually in the property being the month of July or sold. Said sale will be as needed and the made pursuant to the Board shall publish judgment entered on the results of a reso- December 3, 2012 in lution stating the the above entitled Boards’ policy re- and numbered cause, garding notice of which was a suit to meetings as required foreclose a mortgage

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At the date and time stated above, the Special Master may postpone the sale to such later date and time as the Special Master may specify.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this sale may be subject to a bankruptcy filing, a pay off, a reinstatement or any other condition that would cause the cancellation of this sale. Further, if any of these conditions exist, at the time of sale, this sale will be null and void, the successful bidder’s funds shall be returned, and the Special Master and the mortgagee giving this notice shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damages.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments and taxes that may be due.

Plaintiff and its attorneys disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property subject to, the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchaser at such sale shall take title to the above-described real property subject to rights of redemption.

Robert A. Doyle Special Master C/O Legal Process Network 9 Paige Court Tijeras, NM 87059 (505) 417-4113 NM13-01092_FC01 Legal #96078 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on November 21, 28, December 5 nd 12, 2013.

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neys disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property subject to, the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any.

Case No. 2011-02253

D-101-CV-

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR

BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, Plaintiff, v.

BRUCE DANIEL HUNTSINGER, SUSAN JILL KOENIGSDORF, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER AND LENDER’S SUCCESSOR AND ASSIGNS), THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF BRUCE DANIEL HUNTSINGER, IF ANY AND THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF SUSAN JILL KOENIGSDORF, IF ANY, Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will on December 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Court, 225 Montezuma, Santa Fe, New Mexico, sell and convey to the highest bidder for cash all the right, title, and interest of the above-named defendants in and to the following described real estate located in said County and State: LOT 6, BLOCK 6, UNIT 2, ELDORADO AT SANTA FE, AS SHOWN AND DELINEATED ON THE PLAT THEREOF (KNOWN AS SHEET 8) FILED JULY 10, 1972 AS DOCUMENT NO. 344,885 AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 26, PAGE 32, IN RECORDS OF SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO. The address of the real property is 11 Dovela Place, Santa Fe, NM 87508. Plaintiff does not represent or warrant that the stated street address is the street address of the described property; if the street address does not match the legal description, then the property being sold herein is the property more particularly described above, not the property located at the street address; any prospective purchaser at the sale is given notice that it should verify the location and address of the property being sold. Said sale will be made pursuant to the judgment entered on June 13, 2013 in the above entitled and numbered cause, which was a suit to foreclose a mortgage held by the above Plaintiff and wherein Plaintiff was adjudged to have a lien against the above-described real estate in the sum of $455,583.61 plus interest from December 28, 2012 to the date of sale at the rate of 6.250% per annum, the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fee, publication costs, and Plaintiff’s costs expended for taxes, insurance, and keeping the property in good repair. Plaintiff has the right to bid at such sale and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.

At the date and time stated above, the Special Master may postpone the sale to such later date and time as the Special Master may specify.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this sale may be subject to a bankruptcy filing, a pay off, a reinstatement or any other condition that would cause the cancellation of this sale. Further, if any of these conditions exist, at the time of sale, this sale will be null and void, the successful bidder’s funds shall be returned, and the Special Master and the mortgagee giving this notice shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damages.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments and taxes that may be due.

Plaintiff and its attor-

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NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchaser at such sale shall take title to the above-described real property subject to rights of redemption.

Jeffrey Lake Special Master Southwest Support Group 5011 Indian School Road NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 505-767-9444 NM00-02616_FC01 Legal #96079 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on November 21, 28, December 5 and 12, 2013.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case No. 2011-03100

D-101-CV-

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE TRUST 2006-A4, Plaintiff, v.

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At the date and time stated above, the Special Master may postpone the sale to such later date and time as the Special Master may specify.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this sale may be subject to a bankruptcy filing, a pay off, a reinstatement or any other condition that would cause the cancellation of this sale. Further, if any of these conditions exist, at the time of sale, this sale will be null and void, the successful bidder’s funds shall be returned, and the Special Master and the mortgagee giving this notice shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damages.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments and taxes that may be due.

Plaintiff and its attorneys disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property subject to, the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any.

ANNA W. SILVER, MARVIN C. SILVER AND LAS ESTRELLAS RESIDENTIAL ASSOCI- NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purATION, INC., chaser at such sale shall take title to the Defendant(s). above-described real property subject to rights of redemption.

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will on December 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Court, 225 Montezuma, Santa Fe, New Mexico, sell and convey to the highest bidder for cash all the right, title, and interest of the above-named defendants in and to the following described real estate located in said County and State:

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE Lot 18, as shown and FIRST JUDICIAL delineated on plat of DISTRICT survey entitled "Final D-101-CVPlat of the Ridge Case No. Point Subdivision 2012-01873 Comprised of "Tract MORTGAGE, C" of the Lot Split GMAC North Remainder Part LLC, Santa Fe Estates Subdivision...", prepared Plaintiff,

by James B. Sanchez, NMPS No. 12655, filed v.

November 14, 2003 as Document No. RICHARD D. STOTT 1301,278, and record- AKA RICHARD STOTT, ELECed in Plat Book 547, MORTGAGE REGISTRAPages 4-7; rerecorded TRONIC TION SYSTEMS, INC. on July 21, 2004 as Document No. AND THE UNKNOWN 1338,301, and record- SPOUSE OF RICHARD ed in Plat Book 564, D. STOTT AKA RIPage 25, in the re- CHARD STOTT, IF ANY, cords of Santa Fe Defendant(s).

County, New Mexico.

The address of the real property is 1742 Ridge Pointe Loop, Santa Fe, NM 87506.

Plaintiff does not represent or warrant that the stated street address is the street address of the described property; if the street address does not match the legal description, then the property being sold herein is the property more particularly described above, not the property located at the street address; any prospective purchaser at the sale is given notice that it should verify the location and address of the property being sold. Said sale will be made pursuant to the judgment entered on October 10, 2013 in the above entitled and numbered cause, which was a suit to foreclose a mortgage held by the above Plaintiff and wherein Plaintiff was adjudged to have a lien against the above-described real estate in the sum of $558,546.24 plus interest from November 30, 2012 to the date of sale at the rate of 6.625% per annum, the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fee, publication costs, and Plaintiff’s costs expended for taxes, insurance, and keeping the property in good repair. Plaintiff has the right to bid at such sale and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.

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NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will on December 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Court, 225 Montezuma, Santa Fe, New Mexico, sell and convey to the highest bidder for cash all the right, title, and interest of the above-named defendants in and to the following described real estate located in said County and State: Lot Seven (7), Block Sixty-Four (64) ELDORADO UNIT 1, as shown on plat filed in the office of the County Clerk, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, on July 15, 1993, in Plat Book 250, Page 017, as Document No. 821,849.

The address of the real property is 6 Isidro Road, Santa Fe, NM 87508.

Plaintiff does not represent or warrant that the stated street address is the street address of the described property; if the street address does not match the legal description, then the property being sold herein is the property more particularly described above, not the property located at the street address; any prospective purchaser at the sale is given notice that it should verify the location and address of the property being sold.

Said sale will be made pursuant to the

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p judgment entered on October 3, 2013 in the above entitled and numbered cause, which was a suit to foreclose a mortgage held by the above Plaintiff and wherein Plaintiff was adjudged to have a lien against the above-described real estate in the sum of $379,585.55 plus interest from October 26, 2012 to the date of sale at the rate of 6.250% per annum, the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fee, publication costs, and Plaintiff’s costs expended for taxes, insurance, and keeping the property in good repair. Plaintiff has the right to bid at such sale and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.

At the date and time stated above, the Special Master may postpone the sale to such later date and time as the Special Master may specify.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this sale may be subject to a bankruptcy filing, a pay off, a reinstatement or any other condition that would cause the cancellation of this sale. Further, if any of these conditions exist, at the time of sale, this sale will be null and void, the successful bidder’s funds shall be returned, and the Special Master and the mortgagee giving this notice shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damages.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments and taxes that may be due.

Plaintiff and its attorneys disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property subject to, the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchaser at such sale shall take title to the above-described real property subject to rights of redemption.

Jeffrey Lake Special Master Southwest Support Group 5011 Indian School Road NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 505-767-9444 NM00-01584_FC01 Legal #96183 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on November 21, 28, December 5 and 12, 2013.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case No. 2013-00323

D-101-CV-

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE CERTIFICATES, FIRST HORIZON MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES FHAMS 2004-AA6, BY FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, MASTER SERVICER, IN ITS CAPACITY AS AGENT FOR THE TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, Plaintiff, v.

SHERRY BREEDLOVE, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AND THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF SHERRY BREEDLOVE, IF ANY,

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of the First Judicial District Court, 225 Montezuma, Santa Fe, New Mexico, sell and convey to the highest bidder for cash all the right, title, and interest of the above-named defendants in and to the following described real estate located in said County and State:

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

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No. 201003064

D-101-CV-

CITIMORTGAGE, INC., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER WITH CITIFINANCIAL MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., FKA ASSOCIATES Lot 8, Block 6, of Vista HOME EQUITY SERVPrimera Subdivision, ICES, INC., as shown and delineated on the plat Plaintiff, thereof, filed November 15, 1988, as Docu- v. ment No. 664,175, and recorded in Plat Book PETER D. LOPEZ, 193, Page 006, in the AMERIQUEST MORTrecords of Santa Fe GAGE COMPANY, County, New Mexico.

COMMERCIAL CREDIT CORPORATION, VINThe address of the re- CENT VARELA, OCCUal property is 4131 PANTS, WHOSE TRUE Cheyenne Circle, San- NAME ARE UNta Fe, NM 87507. KNOWN, IF ANY, THE Plaintiff does not rep- UNKNOWN SPOUSE resent or warrant OF PETER D. LOPEZ, IF that the stated street ANY AND THE STATE address is the street OF NEW MEXICO DEaddress of the descri- PARTMENT OF TAXAbed property; if the TION AND REVENUE, street address does not match the legal Defendant(s). description, then the property being sold herein is the property NOTICE OF SALE more particularly described above, not NOTICE IS HEREBY the property located GIVEN that the underat the street address; signed Special Masany prospective pur- ter will on December chaser at the sale is 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM, given notice that it at the front entrance should verify the lo- of the First Judicial cation and address of District Court, 225 the property being Montezuma, Santa sold. Said sale will be Fe, New Mexico, sell made pursuant to the and convey to the judgment entered on highest bidder for June 29, 2013 in the cash all the right, tiabove entitled and tle, and interest of numbered cause, the above-named dewhich was a suit to fendants in and to foreclose a mortgage the following descriheld by the above bed real estate locatPlaintiff and wherein ed in said County and Plaintiff was State: adjudged to have a lien against the Parcel "A" as shown above-described real on plat entitled "Plat estate in the sum of of Survey for Peter D. $199,004.22 plus inter- & Lori J. Lopez Secest from May 1, 2013 tion 1, T 20 N, R 8 E, to the date of sale at N.M.P.M., Santa Clara the rate of 3.000% per Pueblo Grant...", filed annum, the costs of in the Office of the sale, including the County Clerk, Santa Special Master’s fee, Fe County, New Mexipublication costs, co, on May 13, 1988, in and Plaintiff’s costs Plat Book 186, page expended for taxes, 046, as Document No. insurance, and keep- 649,197. ing the property in AND good repair. Plaintiff has the right to bid at Parcel "B", as shown such sale and submit on plat entitled "Plat its bid verbally or in of Survey for Enrique writing. The Plaintiff M. Miranda Section 1, may apply all or any T 20 N., R 8 E, part of its judgment N.M.P.M., Santa Clara to the purchase price Pueblo Grant...", filed in lieu of cash. in the Office of the County Clerk, Santa At the date and time Fe County, New Mexistated above, the co, on May 3, 1988, in Special Master may Plat Book 186, page postpone the sale to 032, as Document No. such later date and 648,301. time as the Special Master may specify.

The address of the real property is 137 NOTICE IS FURTHER Calle Adrian Rd, SanGIVEN that this sale ta Cruz, NM 87567. may be subject to a Plaintiff does not repbankruptcy filing, a resent or warrant pay off, a reinstate- that the stated street ment or any other address is the street condition that would address of the descricause the cancella- bed property; if the tion of this sale. Fur- street address does ther, if any of these not match the legal conditions exist, at description, then the the time of sale, this property being sold sale will be null and herein is the property void, the successful more particularly debidder’s funds shall scribed above, not be returned, and the the property located Special Master and at the street address; the mortgagee giving any prospective purthis notice shall not chaser at the sale is be liable to the suc- given notice that it cessful bidder for any should verify the lodamages. cation and address of the property being NOTICE IS FURTHER sold. Said sale will be GIVEN that the real made pursuant to the property and im- judgment entered on provements con- September 9, 2011 in cerned with herein the above entitled will be sold subject to and numbered cause, any and all patent which was a suit to reservations, ease- foreclose a mortgage ments, all recorded held by the above and unrecorded liens Plaintiff and wherein not foreclosed herein, Plaintiff was and all recorded and adjudged to have a unrecorded special lien against the assessments and tax- above-described real es that may be due. estate in the sum of Plaintiff and its attor- $166,265.46 plus interneys disclaim all re- est from September sponsibility for, and 12, 2011 to the date of the purchaser at the sale at the rate of sale takes the prop- 12.150% per annum, erty subject to, the the costs of sale, invaluation of the prop- cluding the Special erty by the County Master’s fee, publicaAssessor as real or tion costs, and Plainpersonal property, af- tiff’s costs expended fixture of any mobile for taxes, insurance, or manufactured and keeping the home to the land, de- property in good reactivation of title to a pair. Plaintiff has the mobile or manufac- right to bid at such tured home on the sale and submit its property, if any, envi- bid verbally or in ronmental contami- writing. The Plaintiff nation on the proper- may apply all or any ty, if any, and zoning part of its judgment violations concerning to the purchase price the property, if any. in lieu of cash.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchaser at such sale shall take title to the above-described real property subject to rights of redemption.

At the date and time stated above, the Special Master may postpone the sale to such later date and time as the Special Master may specify.

Jeffrey Lake Special Master Southwest Support Group 5011 Indian School Road NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 505-767-9444 NM13-00097_FC01

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this sale may be subject to a bankruptcy filing, a pay off, a reinstatement or any other condition that would cause the cancellation of this sale. Further, if any of these conditions exist, at the time of sale, this sale will be null and void, the successful bidder’s funds shall be returned, and the Special Master and the mortgagee giving this notice shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any

Defendant(s).

Legal #96180 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on NOTICE OF SALE November 21, 28, DeNOTICE IS HEREBY cember 5 and 12, GIVEN that the under- 2013. signed Special Master will on December 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM, at the front entrance

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damages.

made pursuant to the judgment entered on September 30, 2013 in the above entitled and numbered cause, which was a suit to foreclose a mortgage held by the above Plaintiff and wherein Plaintiff was adjudged to have a lien against the above-described real estate in the sum of $190,096.16 plus interest from August 8, 2013 to the date of sale at the rate of 6.325% per annum, the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fee, publication costs, and Plaintiff’s costs expended for taxes, insurance, and keeping the property in good repair. Plaintiff has the right to bid at such sale and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments and taxes that may be due.

Plaintiff and its attorneys disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property subject to, the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, and zoning violations concerning At the date and time the property, if any. stated above, the Special Master may NOTICE IS FURTHER postpone the sale to GIVEN that the pur- such later date and chaser at such sale time as the Special shall take title to the Master may specify. above-described real property subject to NOTICE IS FURTHER rights of redemption. GIVEN that this sale may be subject to a Jeffrey Lake bankruptcy filing, a Special Master pay off, a reinstateSouthwest Support ment or any other Group condition that would 5011 Indian School cause the cancellaRoad NE tion of this sale. FurAlbuquerque, NM ther, if any of these 87110 conditions exist, at 505-767-9444 the time of sale, this NM00-02090_FC01 sale will be null and void, the successful Legal #96181 bidder’s funds shall Published in The San- be returned, and the ta Fe New Mexican on Special Master and November 21, 28, De- the mortgagee giving cember 5 and 12, this notice shall not 2013. be liable to the successful bidder for any damages.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real FIRST JUDICIAL property and imDISTRICT provements concerned with herein No. D-101-CV-2013will be sold subject to 01671 any and all patent easeLOS ALAMOS NATION- reservations, ments, all recorded AL BANK, and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, Plaintiff, and all recorded and unrecorded special v. assessments and taxDAVID GREEN AND es that may be due.

THE UNKNOWN Plaintiff and its attorSPOUSE OF DAVID neys disclaim all responsibility for, and GREEN, IF ANY, the purchaser at the sale takes the propDefendant(s). erty subject to, the valuation of the property by the County NOTICE OF SALE Assessor as real or NOTICE IS HEREBY personal property, afGIVEN that the under- fixture of any mobile manufactured signed Special Mas- or ter will on December home to the land, deactivation of title to a 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM, at the front entrance mobile or manufacof the First Judicial tured home on the District Court, 225 property, if any, envicontamiMontezuma, Santa ronmental Fe, New Mexico, sell nation on the properand convey to the ty, if any, and zoning highest bidder for violations concerning cash all the right, ti- the property, if any. tle, and interest of the above-named de- NOTICE IS FURTHER fendants in and to GIVEN that the purthe following descri- chaser at such sale bed real estate locat- shall take title to the ed in said County and above-described real property subject to State: rights of redemption.

A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND LYING AND BE- Jeffrey Lake ING SITUATE WITHIN Special Master Support SECTION 19, TOWN- Southwest SHIP 14 NORTH, Group RANGE 8 EAST. 5011 Indian School N.M.P.M., SANTA FE Road NE NM COUNTY, NEW MEXI- Albuquerque, CO AND BEING MORE 87110 PARTICULARLY DE- 505-767-9444 SCRIBED AS FOL- NM13-01716_FC01 LOWS: BEGINNING AT THE Legal #96182 SOUTHEAST CORNER Published in The SanBEING THE SECTION ta Fe New Mexican on CORNER COMMON November 21, 28, DeTHE SECTIONS 19, 20, cember 5 and 12, 30 AND 29. T14N, R8E, 2013.

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THENCE FROM SAID POINT STATE OF NEW AND PLACE OF BEGIN- MEXICO NING: N.88° 39’ 43"W., COUNTY OF SANTA FE 1,015.16 FEET TO A FIRST JUDICIAL POINT, THENCE N.01° DISTRICT 06’ 48"W., 343.85 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE No. D-101-CV-2012ALONG A CURVE TO 00203 THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 745.07 WELLS FARGO BANK, FEET AND A LENGTH N.A., OF 248.04 FEET, THENCE S.83° 32’ 44" Plaintiff, E., 913.89 FEET, THENCE S.O0° 40’ v.

44"E., A DISTANCE OF 486.96 FEET TO THE DIANE SPIWAK MOSS POINT AND PLACE OF AND THE UNKNOWN BEGINNING. ALL AS SPOUSE OF DIANE SHOWN ON PLAT OF SPIWAK MOSS, IF SURVEY FOR NICHO- ANY, LAS WOLOSHUK AS SURVEYED BY MOR- Defendant(s).

RIS A. APODACA, N.M.R.L.S. NO. 5300 AND BEARING SURVEY NOTICE OF SALE NO. LS-78-97A, DATED AUGUST 18, 1978.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the underThe address of the re- signed Special Masal property is 85 ter will on December Goldmine Road, 16, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Cerrillos, NM 87010. at the front entrance Plaintiff does not rep- of the First Judicial resent or warrant District Court, 225 that the stated street Montezuma, Santa address is the street Fe, New Mexico, sell address of the descri- and convey to the bed property; if the highest bidder for street address does cash all the right, tinot match the legal tle, and interest of description, then the the above-named deproperty being sold fendants in and to herein is the property the following descrimore particularly de- bed real estate locatscribed above, not ed in said County and the property located State: at the street address; any prospective pur- Lot 2, Block 46, of chaser at the sale is "Eldorado at Santa given notice that it Fe, Unit 3", as shown should verify the lo- on plat thereof recation and address of corded on June 29, the property being 1977 in Eldorado Plat sold. Said sale will be Book 5, at page 13 as

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LEGALS p g Document No. 404, 723, records of Santa Fe County, New Mexico.

The address of the real property is 11 Duende Road, Santa Fe, NM 87508-2246.

Plaintiff does not represent or warrant that the stated street address is the street address of the described property; if the street address does not match the legal description, then the property being sold herein is the property more particularly described above, not the property located at the street address; any prospective purchaser at the sale is given notice that it should verify the location and address of the property being sold. Said sale will be made pursuant to the judgment entered on June 24, 2013 in the above entitled and numbered cause, which was a suit to foreclose a mortgage held by the above Plaintiff and wherein Plaintiff was adjudged to have a lien against the above-described real estate in the sum of $245,913.20 plus interest from June 10, 2013 to the date of sale at the rate of 6.125% per annum, the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fee, publication costs, and Plaintiff’s costs expended for taxes, insurance, and keeping the property in good repair. Plaintiff has the right to bid at such sale and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.

At the date and time stated above, the Special Master may postpone the sale to such later date and time as the Special Master may specify.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this sale may be subject to a bankruptcy filing, a pay off, a reinstatement or any other condition that would cause the cancellation of this sale. Further, if any of these conditions exist, at the time of sale, this sale will be null and void, the successful bidder’s funds shall be returned, and the Special Master and the mortgagee giving this notice shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damages.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments and taxes that may be due.

Plaintiff and its attorneys disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property subject to, the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchaser at such sale shall take title to the above-described real property subject to rights of redemption.

Jay G. Harris Special Master 1021 5st Street Las Vegas, NM 87701 (505)454-0438 NM11-02676_FC01 Legal #96077 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on November 21, 28, December 5 nd 12, 2013.

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