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Teaching kids to soar
Medical matters
Will Channing, one of the 10 Who Made a Difference for 2013, gives kids a boost through running. LOCAL, A-6
New columnist Wendy Jackson says primary doctors are in short supply. HEALTH, A-9
Washington state: $9.19 — set by vote initiative, 1998 — originally $5.70 effective Jan. 1, 1999, then $6.50 effective Jan. 1, 2000, now indexed to CPI
Wash. $9.19 Ore. $8.95
Mont. $7.80
N.D. $7.25
Idaho $7.25
Utah $7.25
Calif. $8.00
Ariz. $7.80
San Francisco: $10.55 — set by voter proposition, 2003 — originally $7.75 effective Jan. 1 2005, then $8.50 effective Jan. 1, 2006, now indexed to CPI
Wis. $7.25
Penn. $7.25 Ohio Ind. $7.85 Ill. $7.25 $8.25 W. Va. $7.25 Va. Mo. Ky. $7.25 $7.35 $7.25
Okla. $7.25
Tenn. No law
Ark. $6.25 Miss. No law
Tex. $7.25
Santa Fe: $10.51 — set by city ordinance, 2003 — originally $8.50 effective Jan. 1, 2004, now indexed to CPI
N.H. $7.25 Mass. $8.00 R.I. $7.75 Conn. $8.25 N.J. $7.25 Del. $7.25 Md. $7.25 D.C. $8.25
N.Y. $7.25
Mich. $7.40
Iowa $7.25
Kan. $7.25
N.M. $7.50
Maine $7.50
Vt. $8.60
Neb. $7.25 Colo. $7.78
New Jersey: $8.25 as of Jan. 1, 2014 — set by voter initiative — will be indexed to CPI
Minn. $6.15
S.D. $7.25
Wyo. $5.15 Nev. $8.25
Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, Md: $11.50 by Oct. 1, 2017 — set by county ordinance, 2013 — steps up as follows: $8.40 in Oct. 2014, $9.55 in Oct. 2015, $10.75 in Oct. 2016
Ala. No law
Santa Fe High girls who made de Class AAAA semifinals emifinals are back. SPORTS, ORTS, B-1
Tourism report: Visitors inject more cash into state’s economy
Minimum wage across the U.S. SeaTac, Wash: $15 — set by voter initiative, 2013 — valid pending likely recount
HOOPS PREVIEW: CLOSE TIES A BOON FOR DEMONETTES
Official credits marketing effort, seeks budget boost
By Steve Terrell The New Mexican
State Tourism Secretary Monique Jacobson had some happy news about the tourist
industry when she recently testified before the Legislative Finance Committee: More tourists are coming to New Mexico, and they’re spending more money here. According
to a report from the Tourism Department, there were 32 million visitors in 2012, a gain of 2.6 percent from the
See TOURISM, Page A-4
N.C. $7.25 S.C. No law Ga. $5.15
Alaska $7.75
BLACK FRIDAY
La. No law
Minimum wage status
Fla. $7.79 Hawaii $7.25
Above U.S. wage Same as U.S. wage ($7.25) Below U.S. wage (defaults to U.S.) No law (defaults to U.S.)
SOURCE: Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
Dodging the frenzy
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States, cities lead push for higher minimum wage Santa Fe at forefront; Democrats see political gain in ballot measures By Mike DeBonis and Reid Wilson The Washington Post
States and municipalities across the country are leading a localized push to raise the minimum wage, driven largely by Democrats, who see an opening to appeal to working-class Americans at a time of growing inequity. Efforts in Congress to raise the national minimum wage above $7.25 an hour have stalled. But numerous local governments are forging ahead, in some cases voting to dramatically increase the pay of lowwage workers. The efforts, while supported by
many unions, threaten to create a patchwork of wage rates that could mean workers in some areas will be entitled to vastly less than those working similar jobs nearby. The campaigns reach from coast to coast. As minimum-wage fights have gone increasingly local, Democrats have led the charge, working to define themselves as the party of blue-collar workers while casting Republicans as defenders of corporations and big business. Backing minimum-wage increases, even in otherwise conservative states, sharpens that definition, they believe. Minimum-wage increases have broad public support, and income inequality issues have touched a nerve in many places. “When the pope starts criticizing
Please see WAGE, Page A-4
John Igini of Santa Fe and his daughter, Gabriela Igini, 18, shop for shoes on Black Friday at On Your Feet in the Sanbusco Market Center. They said they preferred to shop at the local store, even though it wasn’t offering any holiday deals. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
Many shoppers find deals and treasures in quirky local places By Chris Quintana The New Mexican
Energy future in sea ice
Pasapick www.pasatiempomagazine.com
SWAIA Winter Indian Market More than 200 participants; demonstrations, fashion show and silent art auction, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St., $10 per day, swaia.org.
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hile hundreds of shoppers flocked to big-box stores for new TVs and other electronics, plenty of small, local stores around town benefited from the flurry of holiday shoppers on Black Friday. Consider Ross See and his wife, Brenna, who came from Oklahoma City to visit relatives and decided to do some holiday shopping for their 18-month-old daughter and nieces. They ended up at Play, 505 Cerrillos Road, a downtown toy and clothing store that features a rope swing hanging from the ceiling and a push scooter that any customer, child or adult, can ride. Ross See said he liked the store’s character because there’s nothing like it in Oklahoma City.
Natural gas supply could spur boom but poses big challenges. PAGE A-5
Today
Obituaries
Partly cloudy. High 50, low 29.
Randolph Pacheco, 67, Santa Fe, Nov. 21 Thomas Michael Ortega, 57, Nov. 23
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Please see FRENZY, Page A-4 The Santa Fe animal shelter’s mobile adoption coordinator, Jessica Jenkins, hands a puppy named Stella to her new owner, Alexandra Crespin, 7, during a Black Friday event at PetSmart. Alexandra said she had saved up her own money to adopt the Queensland heeler mix. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN
INSIDE u Holiday shopping in full swing across U.S. — with a few unfortunate incidents. PAGE A-2
Gallery closes downtown site After 37 years, LewAllen shifts Palace Avenue operation to growing contemporary arts hub
People walk by the downtown windows of the LewAllen Galleries on Friday. The gallery is leaving its space at 125 W. Palace Ave.
By Tom Sharpe The New Mexican
LewAllen Galleries will close the downtown location where it first opened 37 years ago and consolidate its Santa Fe operations at its
LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO THE NEW MEXICAN
Index
Calendar A-2
Classifieds B-7
Comics B-12
Lotteries A-2
Opinion A-11
Police notes A-10
Editor: Ray Rivera, 986-3033, rrivera@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Cynthia Miller, cmiller@sfnewmexican.com
Sports B-1
modern building completed five years ago in the Santa Fe Railyard. It is the latest gallery to consolidate at the rapidly developing commercial district. “The Railyard has become such a premier location for really leading contemporary art in Santa Fe,” said Kenneth R. Marvel, who bought the gallery 11 years ago with Robert R. “Bob” Gardner. “The downtown has really served a wonderful purpose, but we will be content with 14,000 square feet
Time Out A-11
Life & Science A-9
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here in the Railyard.” The gallery originated in 1976 as Elaine Horwitch Galleries at 129 W. Palace Ave., expanded next door to its current location, 125 W. Palace Ave., and later opened a second location in Scottsdale, Ariz. Horwitch and her husband, Mark, also bought the downtown real estate. Elaine Horwitch became one of Santa Fe’s bestknown dealers of local contempo-
Please see GALLERY, Page A-4
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