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Roosevelt County clerk quits in protest of ruling on gay marriage County commissioners, manager say they’re not surprised by resignation

By Jeri Clausing

The Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE — A rural Eastern New Mexico county clerk and her deputy resigned Friday rather

than abide by a state Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage, officials said.

Roosevelt County Manager Charlene Webb confirmed that Clerk Donna Carpenter and Deputy Clerk Janet Collins announced their resignations Friday morning.

Webb declined to say why they quit. But county commissioners said it was in protest of Thursday’s

More Latino immigrants seeking legal status over citizenship

Nonprofit seeks copper rule delay

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Redskins ‘pride’ Ex-QB Joe Theismann says he wore Redskins name “with pride.” SPOrTS, B-1

Homeless deaths climb to 32

Study suggests GOP, Democrats could reach accord on immigration

By Franco Ordonez

McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Armando Sanchez has had his green card for more than two decades.

The beat-up card in his wallet has allowed the 43-year-old Charlotte, N.C., construction worker to keep a job, open a line of credit and buy a home. He travels back to Mexico twice a year to see his children.

While he sees the appeal of becoming a U.S. citizen, it has not been a major priority. What is most important, he says, is that he doesn’t have to worry about a late-night knock at the door by immigration agents looking to deport him.

He’s not alone.

An overwhelming number of Latino immigrants, 61 percent, feel it’s more important to live and work in the country legally without the fear of deportations than getting a pathway to citizenship, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center.

A Santa Fe woman told The New Mexican on Thursday that a legal work permit is also more important to her than U.S. citizenship, and she is now in the process of gaining legal status.

Norma, who asked that her last name not be used, said she started working in Mexico at the age of 11.

But she hasn’t sought employment here because she’s been afraid to use a fake Social Security number to get a job. The possibility of being deported if she were caught is too great, she said.

“I don’t want to add to more offenses, because to start off, we’re

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Holiday Star Party Explore the night sky above the park and see the green laser tour of bright stars and constellations, then enjoy close-up views of star clusters, nebulae and galaxies through telescopes. Meet on the terrace behind the historic Hyde Park Lodge, call 983-7175 for information, 6-8 p.m., Hyde Memorial State Park Visitor Center, 740 Hyde Park Road, $5 per vehicle.

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Heidi Beck, the mother of Patrick ‘Badger’ Aaron, recites the name of her son during a memorial for the 32 homeless people who died in Santa Fe in 2013. Nearly 40 people attended the memorial Friday at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. PHOTOS BY CLYDE MUELLER/THE NEW MEXICAN

Groups hold memorial to remember lives lost in Santa Fe this year

By Phaedra Haywood

The New Mexican

D The names of 32 homeless people who died in Santa Fe in 2013 are displayed Friday at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe during a memorial service. The memorial, which has been held annually since 1997, was sponsored by the St. Elizabeth Shelter and the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness.

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Consequences unclear for sweeping reforms of military sex-assault policy

Obituaries John F.K. Armijo, 52, Santa Fe, Dec. 18 Margarito G. Maes, Santa Fe, Dec. 18 Jose B. Romero, 93, Santa Fe, Dec. 19

arlean, Matthew and Lisa died this year. So did Mono, Gerald, Michael and Adrian.

Daniel died in a house fire just three months after he finally got off the streets. Ricardo died of hypothermia. Earl was hit by a car.

Ernie was hit by two cars. “Murph” and “Van” died of cancer.

Manuel (also known as “Old Man Manny”) was found dead on a sofa in a shed on Agua Fría Street. Margie died of an overdose. “Keebler” died during dinner in a local homeless shelter. Roger and Diana, formerly

of Santa Fe, were murdered in Palm Springs. Their bodies were disposed of in a dumpster, and police have no leads in the case, said Paige Kitson, an intern at St. Elizabeth Shelter on Alarid Street.

By Kitson’s count, 32 homeless, previously homeless or “precariously housed” people who were part of Santa Fe’s homeless community died in 2013, up from last year’s count of 23 people. In 2011, it was 27.

Kitson said there are no records from previous years.

She said she’s not sure if this year’s higher number means 2013 was truly a more fatal year for Santa Fe’s homeless or whether the informal methods of tracking their deaths that she has developed over the past few years — reading obituaries, calling

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By Michael Doyle

McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Get ready for some unforeseen consequences as Congress changes how the military handles sexual assault.

Alleged victims get their own lawyers. That could protect their rights, or it could double-team the defense. Preliminary hearings will be constrained. That could shield victims, or it could shackle factfinding. Military commanders who don’t prosecute allegations will get second-guessed by superiors.

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For any career-minded officer, that could be hard to ignore.

All told, Congress has ordered some 30 changes in how the military handles sexual assault. On Friday, President Barack Obama reiterated his own intentions to crack down.

“We pursued reforms that would encourage survivors to report these assaults, lead to more prosecutions and put these perpetrators behind bars,” Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said Friday.

The myriad military sexual assault provisions are included in

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a $625 billion, 1,105-page defense authorization bill passed by the Senate late Thursday night and now heading for Obama’s signature. The goals seem laudatory and clear. The real-world consequences, though, could take time to sort out.

“Why don’t they have the integrity to simply state their true intentions — that they want to change the system to conform with a presumption of guilt and to make it much easier to prosecute and convict, and get harsh sentences and

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TRINIDAD, Colo. — Police in southern Colorado say they thwarted a school shooting plot by two teenagers, one of whom idolized mass shooters, just a week after a student opened fire in the halls of a suburban Denver high school.

Police Chief Charles Glorioso said Friday that the department’s school resource officer got a tip Thursday that two boys, ages 15 and 16, planned to carry out the attack at Trinidad High School after winter break.

Because of the warning, extra security was in place at three Trinidad schools Thursday, the last day of classes before the break.

Glorioso said investigators learned the 15-year-old had been bullied and had said he idolized the Columbine High School and Colorado theater shooters. The teens were arrested Friday on suspicion of making a credible threat against a school and inciting destruction of life or property.

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Attack thwarted at Trinidad, Colo., school

Judge grants Reagan shooter more freedom WASHINGTON — The man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan will get to spend more time outside a mental hospital where he has been confined for most of the past three decades, a judge ruled Friday.

John Hinckley will be allowed to visit his mother’s home in Williamsburg, Va., for up to 17 days at a time. Hinckley has been allowed to spend increasing amounts of time at his mother’s house in recent years, but previous visits were capped at 10 days.

Friedman wrote that Hinckley’s depression and psychotic disorder are in full remission and that he had not displayed violent behavior in more than 29 years.

Arpaio lawsuits cost Arizona county $7.7 M PHOENIX — Arizona’s most populous county agreed Friday to pay more than $7 million to settle lawsuits by a former Maricopa County official and two newspaper executives who accused Sheriff Joe Arpaio of abuse of power. The county is settling former county Supervisor Don Stapley’s law-

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Nigerian brides attend a mass wedding in Kano, Nigeria, on Thursday. Religious authorities married 1,111 couples at a mass wedding aimed at combating rising rates of divorce and births out of wedlock, and the number of impoverished widows and divorcees forced to make a living on the streets in northern Nigeria. The wedding in Kano comes as the Hisbah Board responsible for Shariah law has been clamping down.

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suit against Arpaio, former County Attorney Andrew Thomas and others for $3.5 million after they brought two unsuccessful criminal cases against him.

It reached a $3.75 million settlement with executives of the Phoenix New Times, who sued Arpaio’s office after they were arrested in 2007 for publishing information about a secret grand jury subpoena demanding information on its stories and online readers.

The Stapley settlement will conclude a spate of civil litigation by officials who claimed they were wrongfully targeted in corruption investigations by Arpaio’s and Thomas’ offices between 2008 and 2010. It will bring the county’s settlement costs to at least $7.7 million.

Russian oil baron heads for Germany after prison MOSCOW — In a few breathtaking hours, onetime oil baron Mikhail Khodorkovsky went from being a prisoner locked away for a decade in the remote depths of northern Russia to being a free man in Berlin. As he sped between those extremes, questions trailed behind.

Most prominently: Why Russian President

Vladimir Putin decided to pardon the man who was once Russia’s richest and one of the few with both the boldness and resources to challenge him?

Putin said he decided to approve Khodorkovsky’s pardon application and let him walk free on Friday for humanitarian reasons — his mother is seriously ill.

Canada strikes down anti-prostitution laws OTTAWA, Canada — Canada’s top court invalidated the country’s prostitution laws and gave lawmakers one year to alter them to better protect the safety of people who offer sex for money. The Supreme Court voted 9-0 in a written decision from Ottawa on Friday to strike down laws that make it illegal to “keep or be in a bawdy house,” live on the avails of prostitution and communicate for the purpose of selling sex.

The case was brought by current and former prostitutes who argued the restrictions prevented them from hiring security guards and take other safety measures to screen clients.

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Colorado flood victims receive unexpected checks

By Colleen Slevin

The Associated Press

DENVER — Some residents and business owners in the Lyons area got a big surprise in their mailboxes Friday: checks for up to $5,000 to help them as they rebuild their lives following September’s flooding.

The Lyons Community Foundation and the Lyons Community Church’s emergency fund distributed more than $950,000 to 280 people who submitted applications seeking help.

Most weren’t notified in advance that they were selected to receive money.

The recipients include musicians who lost not only their home but their livelihood when their recording studio was swept away, and a young girl who asked for money to buy a Polaroid camera after losing her camera and photos, said Lyon Community Foundation Executive Director Emily Dusel.

Dusel said volunteers worked until 3 a.m. to write the checks so the recipients would have them in time for the holidays.

Amanda Anderson and her family received $5,000. Not only did they lose their mobile home in the flood, but she was in a head-on crash this month on her way home from an affordable housing meeting.

They now live in Longmont, and Anderson said the money would be a big help in covering their more expensive rent. Anderson, a barista at the Barking Dog Cafe, said her boss and some of her co-workers helped her buy a van after the flood.

“This town has been so good to us. They want everyone to succeed. That’s how it’s always been,” she said.

Jenna Brink, a hairstylist and owner of the Lyons Mane salon, also lost her mobile home and said her $5,000 check could help blunt the $1,000 monthly rent increase she faces to

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remain in her beloved town. She might use the money to buy a bed once she finds a new home.

The town of 2,000 residents lost two of its three mobile parks because of the flooding, leaving little affordable housing.

For now, Brink, her 17-year-old daughter and her boyfriend are staying in the basement of her cousin’s home in Boulder — and spending a lot of money on gas — after losing weeks of income.

“I’ll find my way back no matter what,” Brink said.

The money came from individual and corporate donations, and from The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, the Dr. Scholl Foundation and the Foothills Relief Fund. Some funding also came from October’s benefit concert featuring Dave Matthews.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at a solid 4.1 percent annual rate from July through September, the fastest pace since late 2011 and significantly higher than previously thought. Much of the upward revision came from stronger consumer spending.

The Commerce Department’s final look at growth in the summer was up from a previous estimate of 3.6 percent. Four-fifths of the revision in the report released Friday came from stronger consumer spending, mainly in the area of health care.

The 4.1 percent annual growth rate in the third quarter, as measured by the gross domestic product, came after the economy had expanded at a 2.5 percent rate in the second quarter. Much of the acceleration reflected a buildup in business stockpiles.

On Friday, President Barack Obama pointed to the upward revision to GDP growth as one of several signs of improvement in the economy. They include four straight months of solid job growth and a drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest point in five years.

“What it adds up to is we head into next year with an economy that’s stronger than it was when we started the year,” Obama said at a White House news conference. “I firmly believe that 2014 can be a breakthrough year for America.”

Economists still expect growth to slow a bit in the current October-December quarter. In part, that’s because two-fifths of the third-quarter gain in GDP came from a buildup in business stockpiles. That gain isn’t likely to be repeated in the fourth quarter. Many analysts think growth will slow to an annual rate between 2.5 percent and 3 percent this quarter before picking up next year.

The third-quarter increase in GDP —the economy’s total output of goods and services — was the best performance since a 4.9 percent increase in the final three months of 2011.

Still, analysts expect that for the year, the GDP will expand only around 1.7 percent, down from the 2.8 percent growth of 2012. Much of that drop-off occurred because consumer spending was depressed by higher taxes that took effect last January and the government’s across-the-board spending cuts. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated those two factors shaved 1.5 percentage points from growth in 2013.

But the drag from the government is expected to lessen in 2014. Many analysts are looking for growth to hit 2.5 percent or better in 2014.

Outside the volatility caused by changes in stockpiles, many analysts say the economy has begun to improve in the current quarter. Steady hiring has lowered the unemployment rate to a five-year low of 7 percent. And much of the November data so far have been upbeat.

Consumer spending at retail businesses rose by the most in five months. Factories increased output for the fourth straight month, led by a surge in auto production. Builders broke ground on homes at the fastest pace in more than five years, strong evidence that the housing recovery is accelerating despite higher mortgage rates. Auto sales haven’t been better since the recession ended 4½ years ago. And the stock market is at all-time highs.

Analysts will pay close attention to consumer spending in the fourth quarter. It drives 70 percent of economic growth.

The government significantly boosted consumer spending in Friday’s revised data, increasing it to a 2 percent growth rate, up from just 1.4 percent in the previous estimate, which has been the slowest pace since late 2009.

Economists said Friday that the new-found strength in the third quarter was an encouraging development but the period was still dominated by an unsustainable buildup in inventories which will act as a drag on growth in the current quarter.

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Saturday, Dec. 21 CHUSCALES: At 7:30 p.m., local flamenco guitarist in Forever in My Heart, an annual flamenco holiday concert. Visit www.chuscales.com.

555 Camino de la Familia.

CORO DE CAMARA: Christmas Lights, choral performance, 2 p.m. 208 Grant Ave. HOLIDAY STAR PARTY: From 6 to 8 p.m., explore the night sky. Meet on the terrace behind the historic Hyde Park Lodge. Call 983-7175 for information. Santa Fe Ski Basin Road.

SANTA CLAUS & THE COUNTRY MUSIC JAMBOREE: From noon to 3 p.m. at the Plaza South Event Center, 3462 Zafarano Drive, a family event with music and activities, including a visit to Santa Claus and the Country Music Jamboree. Free.

SANTA FE DESERT CHORALE: The 2013 Winter Festival continues with Carols and Lullabies, 8 p.m. 131 Cathedral Place.

WINTER SOLSTICE FESTIVAL: From 6 to 9 p.m. at the Santa Fe Children’s Museum, farolitos lighting a labyrinth; food, music, and storytelling.

1050 Old Pecos Trail.

WINTER SOLSTICE TEA PARTY: At 11:30 a.m. at the

Lotteries Santa Fe Farmers Market Pavilion, a children’s event with Annie Rose, the Flower Fairy, 11:30 a.m. 1607 Paseo de Peralta.

NIGHTLIFE Saturday, Dec. 21 ANASAZI RESTAURANT & BAR: Guitarist Jesus Bas, 7-10 p.m. 113 Washington Ave. CATHY FABER’S SWINGIN’ COUNTRY BAND: Swingdance series at Odd Fellows Hall, 7-10 p.m. 1125 Cerrillos Road.

CHISPA! AT EL MESÓN: Tierra Soniquette, jazz and flamenco crossroads with J.Q. Whitcomb and Joaquin Gallegos, 7:30 p.m. 213 Washington Ave. COWGIRL BBQ: Bill Hearne Trio, classic country; David Borrego & Friends, rock ’n’ roll dance band, 8:30 p.m. 319 S. Guadalupe St. DUEL BREWING: Alex Maryol, indie rock and blues, 7 p.m.

1228 Parkway Drive.

EVANGELO’S: Moby Dick, 9 p.m. 200 W. San Francisco St. HOTEL SANTA FE: Guitarist/ flutist Ronald Roybal, 7-9 p.m.

1501 Paseo de Peralta.

LA FIESTA LOUNGE AT LA FONDA: Nosotros, salsa music, 8 p.m. 100 E. San Francisco St. LA POSADA DE SANTA FE RESORT AND SPA: Pat Malone Trio, 6-9 p.m. 330 E.

Palace Ave. MINE SHAFT TAVERN: Jim & Tim, soulful blues, 3-7 p.m.; Todd & the Fox, 7 p.m.

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PALACE RESTAURANT & SALOON: C.S. Rockshow with Don Curry, Pete Springer, and Ron Crowder, 9:30 p.m.

142 W. Palace Ave. PRANZO ITALIAN GRILL: Cabaret with pianist David Geist, 6-9 p.m. 540 Montezuma Ave. RAPZ AT THE TRAXX: DJ showcase, 7 p.m. 1614 Paseo de Peralta.

SECOND STREET BREWERY: Mystic Lizard Band, traditional bluegrass, 7 p.m. 1814 Second St. SECOND STREET BREWERY AT THE RAILYARD: Singer/ songwriter Eryn Bent, 7 p.m.

1607 Paseo de Peralta.

SOLSTICE DANCE PARTY: Cathy Faber’s Swingin’ Country Band and The Rifters, 6:30 p.m. 1125 Cerrillos Road.

SWEETWATER HARVEST KITCHEN: Hawaiian slack-key guitarist John Serkin, 6 p.m.

1512 Pacheco St. Building B. THE PALACE RESTAURANT & SALOON: C.S. Rock Show with Don Curry, Pete Springer, and Ron Crowder, 10 p.m. 142 W. Palace Ave. TINY’S: Showcase karaoke with Nanci and Cyndi, 8:30 p.m. 1005 St. Francis Drive.

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Obama predicts ‘breakthrough year’ in 2014 President touts economy, talks NSA, health care

By Julie Pace

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WASHINGTON — Citing strong progress on the economy, President Barack Obama said at his annual yearend news conference Friday that 2014 “can be a breakthrough year for America” after a long season of recession and slow recovery.

Yet he suggested that given widespread criticism, he might alter the power of the National Security Agency to collect information on Americans.

And when it came to the universally

a responsibility of Congress,” he said, although he added he was willing to discuss other issues separately.

Obama concluded his fifth year as president, his hair far grayer than the day he was first sworn in.

The president opened his remarks with an upbeat assessment of the state of the economy, and he seemed determined not to stray from it.

Asked if this year had been the worst of his presidency so far, he laughed and said, “That’s not how I think about it.”

Obama’s polls are at or near the low point of his tenure in the White House.

The rollout of his health care website bombed, and high-visibility parts of his agenda have yet to make it through Congress, including a call for gun safety

panned roll out of his health care law, Obama conceded “we screwed it up,” and said, “I’m going to be making appropriate adjustments once we get through this year.” It was unclear if he meant to signal high-level personnel changes.

The president praised Congress for a recent, relatively modest budget compromise, saying, “It’s probably too early to declare an outbreak of bipartisanship. But it’s also fair to say we’re not condemned to endless gridlock.”

He also renewed his long-standing refusal to negotiate concessions with Republicans in exchange for legislation that will be needed in late winter or early spring to raise the nation’s debt limit. “It is not something that is a negotiating tool. It’s not leverage. It’s

Study finds no proof Secret Service beset by sexual misconduct

By Carol D. Leonnig and David Nakamura The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — A longawaited report analyzing the male-dominated culture of the U.S. Secret Service has concluded that the elite law enforcement agency does not have a widespread problem with its employees engaging in sexual misconduct while on official business.

The findings of the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general come 18 months after more than a dozen Secret Service agents were implicated in a prostitution scandal on President Barack Obama’s trip to Cartagena, Colombia. Congress requested the report after agency officials testified that the behavior was an aberration and not indicative of a broader institutional lack of control and accountability within the agency.

The report determined that there have been isolated cases of misbehavior, and investigators recommended that the Secret Service implement 14 new guidelines to identify and address misconduct by employees. Investigators said the agency has implemented 11 of the recommendations.

“Although individual employees have engaged in misconduct or inappropriate behavior, we did not find evidence that misconduct is widespread in USSS,” the Office of the Inspector General’s report concluded. “Furthermore, we did not find any evidence that USSS leadership has fostered an environment that tolerates inappropriate behavior.”

The report warned, however, that the agency “should continue to monitor and address excessive alcohol consumption and personal conduct.”

Investigators also highlighted a 2010 incident “similar to Cartagena but was not thoroughly investigated.” In that case, an agent was alleged to have consorted with prostitutes while and returned to work smelling of alcohol.

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The findings are expected to be criticized by Congress because the report hinges on an anonymous survey and because they were issued by an office that is itself under investigation for impropriety.

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impose new sanctions on Iran at a time when the United States and other nations are testing an interim accord designed to rein in Tehran’s nuclear program. If necessary, “we can pass new sanctions in a day,” he said, referring to lawmakers.

As for health care, Obama said that despite the problems, including the rollout of the website, “more than two million people have signed up or more” since enrollment began.

“What that means is … the demand is there, and the product is good.”

He turned aside a suggestion that the administration has made so many exemptions that it should have simply delayed the requirement for individuals to purchase coverage or face a penalty.

legislation in the wake of the shooting at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school a year ago and a sweeping overhaul of immigration laws.

In his review of the year, Obama also noted that U.S. combat troops finally will be withdrawn from Afghanistan during the coming year.

As he has before, he promised to speak in more comprehensive terms in the near future about the future of NSA surveillance programs.

“I have confidence that the NSA is not engaged in domestic surveillance or snooping around,” he said. Yet he added, “we may have to refine this further to give people more confidence.”

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Federal judge tosses gay marriage ban in Utah

By Brady McCombs The Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge struck down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that brings a growing shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it.

The Salt Lake County Clerk’s Office started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Deputy Clerk Dahnelle Burton-Lee said the district attorney authorized her office to begin issuing the licenses, but she couldn’t immediately say how many have been issued so far.

Just hours earlier, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby issued a 53-page ruling saying Utah’s law passed by voters in 2004 violates gay and lesbian couples’ rights to due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment.

Shelby said the state failed to show that allowing same-sex marriages would affect opposite-sex marriages in any way.

“In the absence of such evidence, the State’s unsupported fears and speculations are insufficient to justify the State’s refusal to dignify the family relationships of its gay and lesbian citizens,” Shelby wrote.

Ryan Bruckman, a spokesman for the Utah Attorney General’s Office, said the office will appeal the ruling and is asking for a stay that would stop marriage licenses from being issued to same-sex couples in the meantime. He said attorneys were drafting documents to be filed in court Friday afternoon.

Meanwhile, dozens of same-sex couples lined up to get marriage licenses at the Salt Lake County Clerk’s Office.

The ruling in Utah comes the same week New Mexico’s highest court legalized gay marriage after declaring it unconstitutional to deny marriage

licenses to same-sex couples. A new law passed in Hawaii last month now allows gay couples to marry there.

During a nearly four-hour hearing earlier this month in Salt Lake City, attorneys for the state argued that Utah’s law promotes the state’s interest in “responsible procreation” and the “optimal mode of childrearing.” They also asserted it’s not the courts’ role to determine how a state defines marriage, and that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last summer that struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act doesn’t give same-sex couples the universal right to marry.

Resigns: Commission to appoint new county clerk Continued from Page A-1 licenses.

Commissioner Bill Cathey said the two had made it clear they would quit “rather than be associated with that.”

Webb says the Clerk’s Office is closed until the commission meets Monday to hire a replacement.

Carpenter doesn’t have a current phone listing, and there was no answer Friday at a listing for Collins.

Roosevelt is a rural, conservative county along the Texas-New Mexico border. Its county seat is Portales, a town of about 12,000.

Cathey said Carpenter’s resignation was no surprise.

“She told us in the past that’s what she would do,” he said. “… I am personally very disappointed in the decision of the judges, and I don’t blame our clerk for doing what she did.”

Still, he said he was confident the commission would be able to appoint a replacement on Monday who would follow the court’s order.

Meantime, other rural counties began issuing marriage licenses to gay couples following the Thursday

Official: Navajo Nation law on marriage stands FARMINGTON — A Navajo Nation official says the tribe’s own law prohibiting same-sex marriage isn’t affected by the New Mexico Supreme Court’s decision legalizing marriage for gay and lesbian couples in New Mexico.

Deswood Tome, an adviser to Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, told Farmington Daily Times that the tribe’s law prohibiting same-sex marriage still stands.

That law enacted in 2005 says same-sex marriage is “void and prohibited,” but it also recognizes marriages created outside tribal lands.

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ruling, which came after county officials had asked the high court to clarify the law and establish a uniform state policy on gay marriage.

In northwestern New Mexico, the San Juan County Clerk’s Office gave its first marriage license to a samesex couple Thursday afternoon, the Farmington Daily Times reported.

Three hours later, Aztec women Luciana Velasquez and Deann Toadlena were married under Christmas lights at Orchard Park in downtown Farmington.

“We’ve been waiting for seven years. It’s the best day of my life,” said Toadlena, who plans to change her last name to Velasquez. “Everything I wanted was given to me today.”

Historically, county clerks in New Mexico have denied marriage licenses to same-sex couples because state statutes include a marriage license application with sections for male and female applicants.

However, the state’s more populous counties this fall began issuing licenses on their own and in response to lower court rulings. A few rural counties also followed suit, but most of the smaller counties were awaiting a final decision from the high court.

Despite the ruling, gay marriage

opponents are vowing the fight is not over.

State Sen. William Sharer, a Farmington Republican, said he will ask the Legislature in January to put to voters a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage.

“If they are saying it is unconstitutional, we need to make it constitutional,” he said.

The Democratic-controlled Legislature repeatedly has turned down proposals for a constitutional amendment to allow voters to decide whether to legalize gay marriage.

And Gov. Susana Martinez, a Republican who has opposed samesex marriage, said she would have preferred to see voters, not the courts, decide the issue. She urged New Mexicans to “respect one another in their discourse” and turn their focus to other issues facing the state.

“As we move forward, I am hopeful that we will not be divided, as we must come together to tackle very pressing issues, like reforming education and growing our economy, in the weeks and months ahead,” Martinez said.

Senator calls for constitutional ban on gay marriages

By Steve Terrell The New Mexican

A Republican state senator made good Friday on his threat to introduce a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit same-sex couples from marrying one another.

State Sen. Bill Sharer, R-Farmington, prefiled Senate Joint Resolution 6, one day after the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously that it is against the state constitution to prohibit gay couples from marrying.

If it’s adopted by voters in the general election, the amendment would add one paragraph to the state

constitution, saying, “Marriage, which is a right, in this state shall consist only of the union between one man and one woman.”

In a statement Friday, Sharer said, Bill Sharer “With this disappointing ruling yesterday, the state Supreme Court in essence is saying current laws that refer to marriage as between a man and a woman are unconstitutional, we need to make that union constitutional by putting the definition of

marriage in the state Constitution with the will of the people.”

Sharer added, “It is now up to the Legislature to give voters this opportunity to be heard on such a significant cultural debate.”

Legislative opponents of gay marriage — including Sharer — have tried many times for more than a decade to pass laws or constitutional amendments outlawing same-sex marriage.

Normally, such legislation stalls in the legislative committee process.

With Democrats controlling the Legislature, there’s no evidence to indicate the result would be any different in the upcoming session.

Although Gov. Susana Martinez previously has said the voters should decide on the marriage equality issue, when she issued a statement following the court’s ruling Thursday, it didn’t call for such an amendment. While saying she expects intense debate on the issue, Martinez said, “I am hopeful that we will not be divided, as we must come together to tackle very pressing issues, like reforming education and growing our economy, in the weeks and months ahead.”

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

Homeless: Experts say statistics hard to obtain Continued from Page A-1 hospitals, hassling the state Office of the Medical Investigator and researching rumors — have resulted in better data.

Because of privacy laws and official waiting periods, Kitson sometimes spends seven or eight months sleuthing out what happened to an individual.

“It’s really important, so I want to have good lists,” she said. Four of the people on this year’s list were murdered, Kitson said. At least two died of drug overdoses. Six were women. The oldest was 74 and the youngest, Kenny, was 21. Kitson can’t be sure, but she thinks Kenny died from diabetes complications.

Homeless people themselves are some of Kitson’s best sources of information, and she doesn’t just track numbers.

She knows that when Regina died of exposure on a walking trail near the New Mexico School for the Deaf in 2012, and when Augustine froze to death on a sidewalk on Rufina Street in December of that same year, a five-year streak had ended during which none of Santa Fe’s homeless people died from exposure. The last death before the two women was a man named Geronimo who died in a cemetery on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day in 2007.

Kitson knows that when Thomas Tucker died at a transient camp on the city’s southern edge in October, he left behind a sweet little dog named Oatmeal, and that when Ricardo — who spoke Portuguese and did a mean Oprah Winfrey impression — died at the age of 48, employees at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center held a memorial service for him, complete with a harpist.

When “Murph” was dying of liver cancer earlier this year, Kitson raced to be at his bedside, but he had already died by the time she arrived.

When none of his next of kin responded to calls from the hospital, she agreed to “be his person.”

She plans to claim his cremated remains and give him a proper memorial service, but she’ll have to wait two years. Santa Fe County is required to retain the cremated remains of homeless people for a two-year period so that family members have a chance to collect them. After that, the remains can be disposed of, according to Santa Fe County Health and Human Services Division Director Patricia Boies.

In recent years, Boies said in an email, Santa Fe County chaplain José Villegas has made arrangements for a service and interment to be held at Rosario Cemetery. In 2012, seven people who were cremated through the county indigent program were laid to rest there, according to Boies.

New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness Director Hank Hughes said Thursday that homeless people die from the same causes as the general population, “but they just die sooner.”

Hughes said statistics are hard to come by, but generally homeless people also are more likely to be raped, robbed or murdered, “since they don’t have the protection of a house.”

“It’s just a really harsh lifestyle,” said St. Elizabeth Director Deborah Tang. “We try to get people off the streets, but they are still suffering from physical and mental disabilities, so that limits their chances of recovery. … A lot of people have real damage to their bodies and minds from being homeless for such a long period of time. A homeless person in their

50s might be in the same condition physically as some middle-class person who has been taken care of who is in their 60s or 70s.”

Kitson said the average life expectancy for a homeless person nationwide, and in Santa Fe, is 47.

Tang said the aging population of Vietnam veterans may also be resulting in an uptick in homeless deaths.

St. Elizabeth Shelter has 28 beds right now, Kitson said. Nine or 10 of them are occupied by people who are so sick — many with serious illnesses such as cancer — that they are on bed rest.

“The good news,” Kitson said, is that she expects the numbers of homeless deaths to drop as a result of health care reforms and Medicaid expansion.

Hughes said Santa Fe has done a good job of trying to address homelessness by funding shelters and housing projects. But, he said, surrounding communities, including Albuquerque, have less robust services, and homeless people from one town will often migrate to another that has more services.

And services for homeless people have seen funding cuts. This year, he said, state agencies that provide services to homeless people have received about $450,000 less than the $9 million they usually get from the federal government because of the sequestration.

“It’s really pretty sad because there isn’t any fat,” he said.

“Whatever we cut is needed. Mostly what we are going to lose is beds and services.”

On Friday, St. Elizabeth and the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness held a joint memorial service in the courtyard at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Agua Fría Street for the members

of Santa Fe’s homeless community who died in 2013. The annual event is held on or near Dec. 21 (the longest night of the year) in conjunction with the National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day, which was started in 1990. Santa Fe has been observing the memorial day since 1997.

About 30 people — including Heidie Beck, who had traveled all the way from Sherwin, Texas, to remember her son Patrick “Badger” Aaron — gathered to read aloud the names of those who are known to have died.

Kitson said Thursday that she considers the annual event one of the most important things the shelter does.

“I know everyone personally, and I want to make sure they get honored in the best way possible because they are so sweet and they deserve to be remembered for the amazing people that they were,” she said.

Ray Masterson, who ministers to the homeless, read Psalm 23 at Friday’s service and cautioned those gathered there to guard against the pervasive dehumanizing of homeless people.

“Now we call them ‘The Homeless,’ Masterson said. “We’ve turned them from whos into its.

They are mind, body, spirit, like each and every one of us.”

At dusk on Dec. 21, St. Elizabeth Shelter will light 33 faralitos — 32 in honor of each of those from Santa Fe’s homeless community who are known to have died this year, and one for those who may have died without anyone knowing.

Contact Phaedra Haywood at 986-3068 or phaywood@ sfnewmexican.com.

Latino: Rep. Pearce open to legal status alone Continued from Page A-1 already here illegally,” she said.

Norma, who is married to a legal permanent U.S. resident, said she’s looking forward to working again, legally, after she gains legal status so that she can provide a better life for her children, who are 5 and 9.

The findings of the Pew study on legal status for immigrants could signal an opening for compromise between Democrats and Republicans on the most controversial aspect of the immigration debate.

Few issues in the conversation over immigration stir up emotions as much as the debate over whether to provide those here illegally with a path to citizenship.

Many Democrats see such an option as a basic American principle to provide equal rights and prevent the creation of a second-class community. Many Republicans see it as rewarding those who broke the law with one of the most coveted prizes.

But many of those same Republicans have indicated they’d be open to legal status alone, including U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce of New Mexico, the only Republican member of the state’s congressional delegation.

Pearce has been opposed to creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in the country.

But he supports creating a program that would offer them legal status as guest workers.

“Most of the people who came here to work and feed a family are decent, hardworking people with strong family values. If my family was hungry, I don’t know that I would act any differently than they have,” Pearce said in a statement. “I support a compromise plan that is between the two sides — a compromise that we could put in place tomorrow. The solution is to create a noncitizen guest worker program that gives people legal status immediately.”

“This is a huge opportunity for compromise in immigration reform in 2014,” said Alex Nowrasteh, an immigration policy analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute.

The House of Representatives is expected to take up a series of immigration bills as early as January, including one that would provide many of the 11 million undocumented the legal right to live and work in the United States. It would not create a special pathway to citizenship, but it also likely would not bar people permanently from becoming citizens.

Not all immigrants want to become citizens.

Only 44 percent of Latino immigrants in the country legally have become citizens, according to another Pew Hispanic study earlier this year. Even fewer legal Mexican immigrants, 36 percent, have become naturalized.

Armando Sanchez came to the United States with his family when he was a child. He benefited after President Ronald Reagan signed sweeping immigration legislation in 1986 that granted nearly 3 million undocumented immigrants socalled amnesty.

There are a lot of benefits to being a resident, particularly the ability to work, Sanchez said.

Citizenship would be great, and he plans to become naturalized. But when he thinks of his undocumented friends and the risks they take going to the grocery store or driving to and from work, he asks whether everything has to happen all at once.

“In the future, in a few years, the laws can change again,” Sanchez said. “Right now, people want to relax. They don’t want to be afraid.”

Advocacy and union groups that insist on a path to citizenship charge that it’s a fundamental principle of the United States, and that failing to grant such rights sentences immigrants to second-class lives.

But Nowrasteh notes there are some 10 million people who choose to live in the United States with green cards. And there are millions living and working in the United States on work permits who do not have the same rights as citizens.

If an immigration overhaul does fail, it’s not just Republicans who have political capital to lose among Latinos.

While a greater percentage of Latinos (43 percent) say they would blame Republicans for a failure to pass an overhaul, a large portion — 34 percent — say they would hold President Barack Obama and Democrats responsible, according to the Pew study.

Almost 400,000 people are being deported each year under the Obama administration. Mark Lopez, a co-author of the Pew Hispanic Report, said Latinos are largely disappointed with how the Obama administration has handled deportations.

“This is something that many Hispanics adults, particularly immigrant adults, are paying attention to — what’s going on with deportations,” said Lopez, citing previous Pew studies. “They’re aware [deportations] are high under the Obama administration. And … they disapprove of that.”

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Complaint: Clinic forced staff to practice Scientology Miami medical firm denies allegations but settles for $170,000 to ‘resolve’ case

By Lance Dixon

The Miami Herald

MIAMI — A handful of employees — now ex-employees — of a Miami chiropractic office say they got more than a paycheck for their labors.

The workers say they were force-fed an indoctrination in the rituals of Scientology, the controversial religion that counts such celebrities as Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its members.

Those rituals, the workers complained, included occasionally having to sit perfectly still in a spare room at the office, facing one another for an eight-hour stare-down — as well as yelling at ash trays and talking to the walls.

They also had to devour the books of the late L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology’s founder, including his seminal work, Dianetics, the complaint alleged.

The result of their complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was esolved when the business signed a consent decree agreeing to pay $170,000 and to quit trying to dictate its employees’ religious beliefs.

Dynamic Medical Services says it never did any such thing, but is settling to avoid the hassle.

“We deny all of the allegations brought against Dynamic Medical in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission case. However, given the expense to litigate these types of things, we made a business decision to try and resolve it,” Dynamic said in a statement.

Four former employees of Dynamic — Norma Rodriguez, Maykel Ruz, Rommy Sanchez and Yanileydis Capote — alleged that their employer forced them to participate in activities that involved Scientology, and to study the religion on a daily basis or face consequences.

Beatriz Andre, an attorney with the EEOC, said that Dynamic had the First Amendment right to express religious ideas, but not to mandate them for others.

Andre said it is far more common for complaints to involve employees looking to engage in religious activity in the workplace and their employers attempting to curb that.

Sanchez and Rodriguez said their decisions to go against the mandate cost them their jobs.

Sanchez said she was fired in 2010 after enduring years of courses in Scientology from books written by Hubbard, and after participating in various exercises.

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Lawmakers wrote the defense bill in the wake of highprofile sexual assault cases, including an Air Force general who overturned the conviction of a fellow fighter pilot.

More broadly, members of the military reported 3,553 sexual assault allegations between October 2012 and June 2013, according to the Pentagon.

Many more incidents go unreported.

“Our military justice system should encourage sexual assault victims to report these crimes and pursue justice by prosecuting perpetrators,” said Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer of California. “Tragically, the [current] process does just the opposite.”

Obama added Friday that “we have an urgent obligation to do more to support victims and hold perpetrators accountable for their crimes,” and he directed Pentagon officials to report back next December on their progress.

“Survivors of these heinous crimes expect and deserve us to act now,” Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., said Friday.

In some cases, the revisions may play out in unexpected ways.

For alleged victims, the bill requires that a new “special victim’s counsel” be provided to offer legal “consultation and assistance.”

This could reassure the alleged victim through the investigation and trial. It could also prompt litigation amid questions about the special counsel’s powers and a potential tilting of the playing field.

“Allowing a [special victim’s counsel] to represent and assert the rights of an alleged victim at court-martial would effectively double the prosecutorial efforts against the accused,” Marine Corps Capt. Jason R. Wareham warned in a legal brief earlier this year.

Courtroom challenges to an existing Air Force victim’s counsel program already have begun. In January, a trial judge at Holloman Air Force Base in Albuquerque ruled that letting the special victim’s counsel address the court-martial proceedings would undermine the appearance of an impartial judiciary. In July, a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces overturned the trial judge.

“There are many examples of civilian federal court decisions allowing victims to be represented by counsel at pretrial hearings,” the military appellate court stated in its 3-2 ruling.

Other legislative changes address issues that seem notorious, but are relatively infrequent.

The defense bill, for instance, strips military commanders of their ability to overturn convictions. This responds to the out-

The complaint said that Sanchez was required to attend church and read Hubbard’s The Way to Happiness and Dianetics: Original Thesis over the course of several months. She also allegedly went through an Electropsychometer treatment, described on the Scientology website as a “religious artifact” that “measures the spiritual state or change of state of a person.”

Dennis Nobbe, Dynamic’s owner, told Sanchez that he wanted her to be “purified.” When Sanchez expressed concerns, she was told “remember you work for Dynamic and Nobbe is paying for this,” according to the complaint.

She went along with the “purification” process, which required her to sit in a sauna for five hours and take 20 “vitamin” pills on a daily basis, the complaint said. Even after a fainting spell, she was required to return to the sauna.

Sanchez said she was fired months later after she stopped attending the church.

Rodriguez also claimed that she was discharged in 2010 after she refused to go to a church of Scientology. She explained to her supervisor that she was a Jehovah’s Witness.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Rodriguez was made to do exercises like walking up to someone in the mall, stopping them and star-

ing at them without speaking. She also attended courses at a church of Scientology on a weekly basis.

The two other plaintiffs, Ruz and Capote, eventually resigned from the company.

Andre said that initially dozens of other employees were interviewed, but they declined to join the complaint. She added that some of the employees, both management and rank and file, were practicing Scientologists and felt that the exercises were business as usual.

If a court approves the consent decree, Dynamic will be subject to further action from the court if employees allege more discrimination.

The decree would also establish an anti-discrimination policy and require training for all workers.

“Any time an employee asks for reasonable accommodation for religious purposes, Dynamic has to report it to the EEOC,” Andre said.

Dynamic has offices in South Miami and Hialeah, Fla. It’s listed as a member of the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises. WISE, in its president’s message is described as, “a fellowship of thousands of business people across the globe who recognize that the organizational and management principles developed by author L. Ron Hubbard have application to all businesses.”

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Anger builds over Target data breach NEW YORK — Potential victims of credit card fraud tied to Target’s security breach said they had trouble contacting the discounter through its website and call centers.

Angry Target customers expressed their displeasure in comments on the company’s Facebook page. Some even threatened to stop shopping at the store.

Target apologized on Facebook. It also said it’s working hard to resolve the problem and is adding more workers to field calls and help solve website issues. And the discounter began offering 10 percent off for customers who shop on Saturday and Sunday and free credit monitoring services to those who’ve been affected by the issue.

Target, the nation’s second largest retailer, acknowledged Thursday that data connected to about 40 million credit and debit card accounts was stolen as part of a breach that began over the Thanksgiving weekend.

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Nonprofit seeks copper mine rule delay Group says regulatory board met illegally

By Staci Matlock The New Mexican

The nonprofit New Mexico Environmental Law Center has accused a state regulatory board of bias and of conducting an illegal closed-door meeting with a state Environment Department attorney about a controversial new copper mining rule.

The nonprofit is seeking to

delay the copper mine rule from being implemented while it is under appeal. But the group doesn’t expect the Water Quality Control Commission, the regulatory board that decides whether the rule can be stayed, to delay a rule it has already approved.

Bruce Frederick, an attorney with the nonprofit law center, said the commission — made up of gubernatorial appointees and Cabinet secretaries — is compromised.

The rule regulates copper mines, most of which are open pits owned by Freeport-McMo-

Ran in Southern New Mexico.

The commission approved the copper rule in September, despite protests from two environmental groups, Turner Ranch Properties, the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office and a contractor hired by the state Environment Department to craft the rule. They all contend that the final version of the rule essentially was written by Freeport-McMoRan and gave the mine company free rein to pollute groundwater — contrary to the state’s clean-water laws.

“Freeport’s been fighting this

battle for a decade, basically to convince the [Water Quality Control Commission] that it has the right to pollute the groundwater under its operations,” Frederick said.

The law center appealed the copper rule on behalf of its clients Amigos Bravos and the Gila Resources Information Project, both nonprofits, and Turner Ranch Properties, owned by businessman Ted Turner. Attorney General Gary King and contractor Bill Olson, who was hired

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SFCC emails tell story of conflict, fear with Guzmán Messages detail growing tension leading up to ex-president’s ouster

By Robert Nott The New Mexican

Thousands of emails written this year by Santa Fe Community College President Ana “Cha” Guzmán, members of the college’s Governing Board, college foundation members and key staffers portray a campus in discord.

Late this week, in response to a public records request from The Santa Fe New Mexican, the college released more than 6,000 emails sent between July and November, just before the college’s governing board voted to fire Guzmán.

The board terminated her Dec. 2 for “just cause,” but never stated specific reasons.

Guzmán’s contract allows her I’m doing to challenge the decision to fire fine. Things her through binding arbitration, and she said she would seek that are quieting remedy. But as of Friday, she had down and not yet done so, according to colreceiving lege spokeswoman Janet Wise. The support from parties must proceed to arbitration many faculty within 30 days of such a request.

The emails show there were and staff. It’s growing concerns about morale only the two and increasing tensions between nasty board Guzmán and the Santa Fe Commembers!!!” munity College Foundation, which raises money for the school.

Ana Guzmán Some emails show faculty and Ex-president of SFCC in an staff were afraid to speak openly Oct. 3 email about their concerns. One person felt publicly rebuked during a faculty meeting. Guzmán also was charged with being averse to criticism.

For her part, the president appeared to be causing disquiet through her investigation into financial matters, overtime expenses and enrollment issues.

Among the opinions expressed in the emails: u On Nov. 12, Xubi Wilson, co-chairman of the Staff Senate, asked for a meeting between Guzmán and the leaders of the staff and faculty senates, both of which had presented letters of concern to the Governing Board regarding low morale at the college. “We are … concerned that employees expressing their concerns openly at a Council meeting could lead to a reprimand of any sort,” Wilson wrote. u Guzmán, in an Oct. 3 email to Stacey Johnson, the president of Valencia College in Orlando, Fla., wrote, “I’m doing fine. Things are quieting down and receiving support from many faculty and staff. It’s only the two nasty board members!!!” u Notes from an Aug. 19 retreat attended by Guzmán and the five members of the Governing Board to discuss the president’s contract quote a board member saying she had received calls from employees about “how they were being treated and fear of retaliation.”

The notes of that meeting also indicate Guzmán believed some of her changes, such as cutting back on stipends for some employees and decreasing the number of adjunct professors and temporary workers at the school, made her unpopular.

During that meeting, a board member brought up a letter the board had sent to Guzmán, laying out expectations for her performance. Guzmán appar-

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Bert Dalton, music director for the National Dance Institute, performs during the inaugural Play Me Piano event Friday at Sanbusco Marker Center.

The 100-year-old piano was donated, and anyone can step up and play. Students from the New Mexico School for the Arts painted and decorated the piano, which also is being used in a fundraiser to help send seven of Santa Fe’s high school students to Ghana as part of their music education.

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Taos Valley Ski sale a sign of times Financial limitations, decrease in visitors forced Blakes to sell

By J.R. Logan The Taos News

TAOS — In 1955, Ernie and Rhoda Blake moved their family up the forbidding Hondo Canyon to start a ski resort on the ruins of an abandoned mining town.

The Blakes and their three kids lived in a tin can of a trailer without power or a telephone as they got the area off the ground.

A lot of people thought they were crazy. But 58 ski seasons and two generations later, those hardships are part of Taos Ski Valley’s proud legacy of selfreliance and family values.

The announcement that the Blakes were selling the resort to billionaire Louis Bacon has those who cling to that legacy in a bit of an identity crisis. Among them is outgoing marketing director Adriana Blake — Ernie’s granddaughter — who with her brother Alejandro “Hano” Blake was the heir apparent to the valley.

In an interview Wednesday, Adriana Blake said as much as Taos Ski Valley has meant to her and her brother, the limits

In an attempt to boost visitors, Taos Ski Valley finally allowed snowboarding in 2008. NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO

of a family-run operation were obvious. “Every day we see the potential of this place, and every day we get the report of where we are financially,” Blake said.

“We know we would have never had enough money to pull off the big picture of what we wanted.”

Taos Ski Valley might have a legendary creation myth, but that hasn’t been enough to keep pace in an increasingly competitive industry dominated by corporations that make healthy profits from real estate deals off the mountain instead of lift tickets

and ski rentals.

“If all you are is a ski resort, you aren’t making it,” Blake said.

Over the past two decades, visitation at Taos Ski Valley has trended down — from a 10-year average of 295,000 in the 1990s, to a 10-year average of 224,000 between 2000 and 2010. That’s a 25 percent drop, while skier numbers nationwide have increased steadily over the same period.

The reasons for the dwindling numbers are many, and no doubt there are forces like the global economy that are beyond the resort’s control. Still, many point to the ski area’s refusal to allow snowboarding (a ban it dropped in 2008) and its lack of capital improvements and expansion as part of the reason for the decline.

The Blakes have repeatedly stressed that the lack of cash on hand to make those improvements is the driving force behind their decision to sell.

Gordon Briner, who was promoted from chief operations officer to CEO as part of the sale, said a family-owned resort can’t operate like most corporate mountains. “As a family, it comes down to how much risk you want to put your family at,” Briner said.

“They’ve done everything they could to the resort, but it was limited. A corporation may be

willing to go into their savings for a bad winter, whereas TSV had to save for the bad winter, and it was the difference between putting in a lift or doing other projects, or having money in reserve to take care of the staff.”

With New York hedge fund manager Bacon coming in as the money guy, resort heads, employees and many in the community are eager to see those upgrades take shape. The Blakes insist Bacon understands Taos and the ski area, and will make improvements possible without turning the valley into something it isn’t.

The Ski Valley’s master plan was approved by the Forest Service last year, opening the door to new lifts, expanded terrain and an overhaul of the base area.

Briner said electricity already has been run to the base of a proposed lift that would go to the top of Kachina Peak, and he said a decision on whether to order the lift to be installed this summer would likely be made in the next 30 days. He also said developing the Wild West Glades is also in the works.

Briner likes to remind critics of the Kachina Lift that Ernie Blake was behind. Like so many things at the Ski Valley, if it had Ernie’s blessing, it’s pretty much sacrosanct.

Section editor: Howard Houghton, 986-3015, hhoughton@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Dennis Rudner, drudner@sfnewmexican.com

Frontier holiday a joyous time for all

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n the days when the West was wild, Christmas was the one holiday everyone celebrated. In a lonely trapper’s camp, in a homesteader’s shack, cowboy bunkhouse or remote military post, people brought forth homemade gifts to share with family and friends.

Many were haunted by memories of a happier Christmastime, before they’d come to the frontier, but by singing carols, feasting and opening plainly wrapped packages, they tried to keep alive the spirit that seemed proper for the season.

Marc Conquistadors and FranSimmons ciscan friars brought the first Trail Dust Christmas customs straight from Spain. In the years after 1600, cavernous missions of rock and adobe echoed each Dec. 25 with traditional songs.

Spanish colonists, well acquainted with the ancient verses, lifted their voices high. Newly converted Indians, for whom the music and the celebration were still strange, joined in with more restraint.

The Pueblo people combined their ancient dances in celebration of the new religious holiday. Today, one of the unique features of a New Mexico Christmas is the spectacular round of ceremonies presented in the Indian villages up and down the Rio Grande.

To the Hispanic and Indian mix of Yule customs and songs, Anglo American pioneers made their own contribution. Among these latecomers, perhaps no single group had such a strong attachment to Christmas as the cowboy.

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Emails: Board split on termination decision Mine: Pollution feared ently shared the letter with mayoral candidate Javier Gonzales.

“I felt the letter was personal and insulting … during my career I have always had positive feedback,” Guzmán reportedly told the board.

The notes show the board was already divided over her performance, with three board members indicating they felt the president did a poor job of seeking and receiving criticism, while the other two felt she was “very good to excellent” in accepting criticism.

Board members Kathy Keith, Martha Romero and Linda Siegle voted to put Guzmán on administrative leave in Novem-

ber and then to terminate her in early December.

Board members Chris Abeyta and Andrea Bermúdez voted against those actions.

Bermúdez has since resigned from the board in protest. u Several emails come from various staffers, apparently working under Guzmán’s direction, who have been looking into the foundation’s fundraising success and the leadership of its executive director, Deborah Boldt. A 2012 audit of the foundation notes that its total assets in 2012 were $5,674,432, reflecting a decrease of about 13 percent from the previous year, due to a drop in donations and investment income. u In one email, foundation

member Jeff Case warned Guzmán that some other members of the foundation “are trying to align [governing] board members against you.”

Speaking by phone this week, Bermúdez said that while she does not think there was any financial malfeasance at the college, some sloppiness in accounting on several fronts may have attracted the president’s attention.

“Some people were not used to being investigated. … She was digging into things that she is familiar with. She wanted to make sure it was being done right. That’s a very simple way of explaining why so many toes were stepped on — and the foundation was one of them,”

Bermúdez said.

Bermúdez, who said she is still unclear about why the board decided to remove Guzmán, called her termination letter “weak.”

The college declined to release that letter, saying it is a personnel matter.

The college is still holding back other emails now being reviewed by both the board’s legal counsel and Guzmán’s lawyers to ensure they do not violate attorney/client privileges.

The campus remains closed from Saturday, Dec. 21, through Monday, Jan. 6, for winter break.

Contact Robert Nott at 986-3021 or rnott@sfnewmexican.com.

Trail Dust: Cowboys could be sentimental Continued from Page A-6 Living a hard and dangerous life, often far removed from his family, he looked upon that December holiday as the year’s high point. The lore of the Southwest is filled with tales about rough-spoken cowboys who undertook some special act of Christmas charity.

One pleasant little story dates from the turn of the century. It concerns Joseph Schmedding, a young cowboy who worked for the Wetherill family in northwestern New Mexico.

One bleak December morning, he left the lonely line camp.

It was a hard two day’s ride to the ranch headquarters, where he planned to arrive in time for Christmas dinner.

A few hours down the trail, a blizzard sailed out of the Rockies and struck Joseph with its icy blast. Neither he nor his horse could see through the swirl of snow. They wandered far off course, through piñon groves and stands of frozen sagebrush.

During a brief break in the storm, the cowboy spotted a distant Navajo hogan with

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Driver in crash has 2 broken legs A 52-year-old man suspected of driving drunk when he was involved in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 25 near Santa Fe remained hospitalized Friday with two broken legs, police said.

Joe Salazar was headed south in northbound lanes near St. Francis Drive on Wednesday night when the Dodge Stratus he was driving collided with a Ford pickup carrying three people, all of whom were treated for injuries and released from Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, police said.

Although earlier reports in The New Mexican identified Salazar as an Albuquerque man, a Santa Fe Police Department incident report lists a Santa Fe address for him. It shows that the car, which was totaled along with the pickup it struck, is registered to an Albuquerque owner.

The report lists aggravated DWI and reckless driving offenses, but a police spokeswoman said Friday that officers were waiting until he is released from the hospital and an investigation is complete before formally charging Salazar. The spokeswoman also said officers are “working with the District Attorney’s Office to make sure the investigation is as thorough as possible.”

A sample of Salazar’s blood was taken at the hospital for laboratory analysis.

Valles Caldera chief resigns post Dennis Trujillo, executive director of the Valles Caldera Trust, has resigned effective Jan. 3. The trust manages the public 89,000-acre Valles Caldera National Preserve in the Jemez Mountains.

Trujillo, who grew up in the Jemez Valley, was the preserve’s manager from 2002 until he became executive director in 2012. He worked for 25 years for the U.S. Forest Service before being hired at the preserve.

Trust Chairman Kent Salazar said the trust will immediately

Christmas was a time for even the toughest frontiersmen to celebrate. Pictured is a Christmas Eve dinner Dec. 24, 1907, in Belen. COURTESY THE NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER

smoke curling from the roof.

Riding in, he found only two young Indian girls at home.

They had stayed behind while their parents had driven a wagon to pick up Christmas gifts at a nearby mission.

The girls were frightened by the appearance of the snowencrusted stranger. But he soon made them understand that all he wanted was a little food for himself and his mount.

They fixed him up with some coffee and biscuits and produced corn for the horse.

Before leaving, Joseph gave each of the girls a quarter.

Late on Christmas Eve, he reached a trading post and found a warm bunk for the night. But he went to bed sad, knowing that he would never make the ranch in time for the big noon meal.

The next morning, he put his horse on the trail before sunup.

begin a nationwide search for a new director.

Trujillo has been a steady presence at the preserve for most of its tumultuous 13-year history as staff and trustees attempted to meet an unusual set of mandates set down by Congress when it approved federal purchase of the former ranch. The trust was supposed to increase public access while protecting natural and cultural resources, operate the preserve as a working ranch and make enough money to support operations. The trust has struggled to meet the mandates while balancing all the needs.

A move now is underway in Congress to shift management of the preserve from the trust to another public land agency such as the National Park Service.

November was down from 6.7 percent a year ago and down from 6.6 percent in October.

The state agency says jobs have grown by 0.2 percent, a gain of 1,700 over the year.

The largest employment gains were reported in the financial activities industry, which added 2,900 jobs since November 2012.

Employment gains in the professional and business services industry rose to 1,600 jobs, its highest over-theyear increase since 2007.

Manufacturing declined by 1,300 jobs, and the educational and health services industry lost 1,100 jobs.

In the government sector, there was a net loss of 3,300 jobs since last year.

ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 6.4 percent last month.

The state Workforce Solutions Department said Friday the unemployment rate in

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Throughout the day, they jogged steadily, eating up miles.

If he could make it by late evening, Joseph hoped there might still be some leftovers.

Toward dark, he rode into the ranch and unsaddled. Suddenly, the Wetherill family and the other cowboys were in the corral wanting to know what had taken him so long. When they heard he had gotten lost, Joseph took a lot of ribbing.

But he didn’t mind that half as much as knowing that he had missed Christmas.

“Oh, you didn’t miss anything,” declared Mrs. Wetherill, planting a motherly kiss on his cheek. “I wouldn’t let anyone eat until you arrived. So, the holiday is just starting!” Hearing that kindly admission, young Joseph Schmedding broke down and cried. And who said cowboys weren’t sentimental!

Now in semiretirement, author Marc Simmons wrote a weekly history column for more than 35 years. The New Mexican is publishing reprints from among the more than 1,800 columns he produced during his career. thermal energy.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration updated the state’s energy profile this week.

The agency says New Mexico is second only to Wyoming in the number of producing mineral leases on federal lands.

When it comes to renewables, wind-generated electricity is a growing piece of the pie. New Mexico has nearly a dozen commercial wind farms in operation and more in the planning stages.

The agency did acknowledge that with population and electricity demand small in New Mexico, solar and wind projects need more transmission capacity to reach markets in Arizona and California.

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Dec. 13 to disqualify the commission, saying the regulators had met Dec. 10 in a closed executive session with the New Mexico Environment Department’s general counsel, Jeff Kindle. The center claims such a meeting violated the Open Meetings Act and other state laws.

“The [Water Quality Control Commission’s] closed ex parte discussion with the Environment Department and its clear bias in favor of [the Environment Department] and Freeport prejudice them and render the commission incapable of making a fair decision,” Frederick said.

Commissions and elected bodies are allowed to call executive sessions, closed to the public, for specific reasons.

The Water Quality Control Commission is supposed to be an independent body, separate from the Environment Department. The department’s attorney does not represent the commission and should not have met with the commission unless all parties to the copper rule were present, Frederick said.

Continued from Page A-6 by the Environment Department to craft the rule, also appealed it. The law center also filed a motion asking the Water Quality Control Commission to stay the rule while it was under appeal.

Environment Department Secretary Ryan Flyn repeatedly has defended the copper rule, saying it is more protective of groundwater and more restrictive than previous rules.

“The recent frivolous motion filed by the New Mexico Environmental Law Center is nothing more than a ridiculous publicity stunt designed to mislead the public on the merits of the recently adopted Copper Rules,” the department said in a statement. “While the Environmental Law Center wastes its time on spreading lies and trying to scare the public, the Environment Department continues to make progress on the important environmental issues impacting the state, such as orchestrating a landmark agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the San Juan Generating Station and providing safe, reliable supplies of drinking water for communities across New Mexico.”

The law center filed a motion

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ANGLICAN

St. Thomas The Apostle Anglican Church An Anglican Holy Communion service is celebrated every Sunday morning at 11 a.m. by St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church.

Services are held in the chapel located on the 3rd floor at Christus St.Vincent Regional Medical Center, 455 St. Michaels Drive, Santa Fe. Members of all faiths and traditions are welcome to attend. For information, contact Rev. Lanum, 505-603-0369.

BAPTIST

First Baptist Church of Santa Fe 1605 Old Pecos Trail. Living Nativity presented December 20 and 21, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. Christmas Eve Candlelight and Communion Service, 5:00 p.m. Come join us this Sunday! 9:15 a.m. – Bible Study for all ages; 10:30 a.m. – Worship Service (interpreted for deaf).Wednesday – 6:15 p.m.– Bible Study/Prayer Meeting led by Pastor Lee H erring; Adult Choir Rehearsal; 6:30 p.m. – “Ignite” for Youth. Childcare available for all services. For more information, please call the church office at 983-9141, 8:30 – 4:00, Monday Friday, or visit our website www.fbcsantafe.com.

Rodeo Road Baptist Church Current Sermon Series: Characters of Christmas, Sunday December 15th Message: The Shepherds and Angels a Celebration of Joy Sunday mornings at 10:45am. Upcoming Event for the Community – Christmas Eve Service, December 24th at 5:00pm. 3405 Vereda Baja (One block south of Rodeo Road on Richards) Visit us on the web at www.rrbcsantafe.com Call 505-473-9467 Like us on Facebook!

BUDDHIST

Prajna Zendo Meditation, Koan study, private interviews with two qualified Zen teachers. Retreats, classes, book study, dharma talks and more.

Prajna Zendo is committed to its members and all beginners and practitioners who walk through its doors. Based on the lineage of Hakuyu Taizen Maezumi Roshi. Upcoming seven-day Rohatsu: December 1 - 8. Sunday service, zazen and dharma talk starting 9:00am.Tuesday evening zazen at 7pm.Tuesday through Sunday morning zazen at 6am. Call 505-660-3045 for more information.

5 Camino Potrillo, Lamy, 15 minutes from Santa Fe just off of Hwy 285 next door to Eldorado. www.prajnazendo.org

Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center Thubten Norbu Ling provides education and practice in Tibetan Buddhism following the tradition of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and in accord with the lineage teachings of Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Classes are offered to all levels of western students seeking a path to personal clarity and well-being, and are generally held on Sunday morning and on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Practices and meditations are offered on Tuesday evenings, and on weekend mornings. Our resident teachers are Geshe Thubten Sherab and Don Handrick.

1807 Second Street, #35. For more information visit our website www.tnlsf.org or call 505-660-7056

CATHOLIC

The Church of Antioch at Santa Fe Come celebrate the return to the light in an Earth-Honoring Celtic Mass. Sunday at 8:45 a.m. in the Loretto Chapel, 207 Old Santa Fe Trail,Santa Fe, NM. Pastor, Most Rev. Daniel Dangaran, D. Min, Assoc. Pastor Rev. Mother Carol Calvert, Resident Priests Mother Jenni and Father Doug Walker invite you to come home to God, who has always loved you! (505) 983-9003 http://coasf.org.We are a community of Faith in the Catholic Tradition (non-Roman) offering the Sacraments within a context of personal freedom, loving acceptance, service and mysticism.All are welcome!

Step-by-Step Bible Group You are invited to a complete course on bible study called “Understanding the Scriptures”.St.Anne’s bible study Step By Step Bible Group belongs to you as a member of the body of Jesus Christ and members of The Church. All are welcome. Come join us. May God bless you all. (Thursdays in Santa Fe) from 6:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m. at St. Anne’s Church School Building – 511 Alicia St. More information, Call Sixto Martinez: 470-0913 or Paul Martinez: 470-4971 or find us online www.stepbystepbg.net

CENTERS FOR SPRITUAL LIVING

Santa Fe Center For Spiritual Living We are a spiritual community, living and growing through love, creativity and service.Active in Santa Fe for 55 years.Conveniently located 505 Camino de los Marquez,near Trader Joe’s.All are welcome. Sunday Services: Meditation at 9 am, Inspirational Music and Joyful Celebration at 10:00 am when Live Video Streaming starts at www.santafecsl.org. Special Music: Ephraim Herrera.

Message:“What will you Birth?” by Rev. Dr. Bernardo Monserrat.

Information on workshops, classes, concerts, rentals, past lectures videos available at www.santafecsl.org - www.facebook.com/ SantaFeCSL - 505-983-5022. Christmas Eve Service, 5 to 6 pm Join Rev.Bernardo Monserrat for an enchanting hour of Music and Sharing by Candle Light.

Everyday Center For Spiritual Living is a spiritual community committed to empowering people to live joy-filled lives. Our Sunday service celebrations speak to living our lives to the fullest with rockin’ upbeat music to open our hearts.

Come join our community as we grow together into our best lives.

Christmas Eve service December 24th at 5pm. Come celebrate with readings from different traditions, rockin’ music and anointing. World Healing Meditation December 31st at 5am. Be part of a world-wide meditation for healing everywhere.Visit us at www. everydaycsl.org for more information. We are located at 2544 Camino Edward Ortiz Suite B (across from the UPS Distribution Center).

CHRISTIAN

The Light at Mission Viejo Dr. Rich Freeman, a representative of CHOSEN PEOPLE MINISTRIES, will be speaking at The Light at Mission Viejo, 4601 Mission Bend, off South Richards Road, on December 22, 2013, during the 10:30 A.M. worship service.The program being presented is “The Road to Bethlehem”. CHOSEN PEOPLE MINISTRIES is an over one hundred-year-old mission that was founded in 1894 by Leopold Cohn, a Hungarian rabbi who came to believe that Jesus was the Messiah of Israel. From humble beginnings in Brooklyn, New York, Chosen People Ministries has grown into a worldwide ministry with outreach centers in Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Ukraine and the United States.

Throughout its long history, Chosen People Ministries has been unwavering in its commitment to bring the Gospel message of salvation in Jesus “to the Jew first and to the Gentile” throughout the world. In stressing the Jewish roots of Christian faith, Chosen People Ministries hopes to make the message of the Messiah more accessible to Jewish people and also to help Christian believers achieve a greater appreciation of the Jewish basis of their own faith traditions. This meeting is open to the public and The Light at Mission Viejo would like to invite the Christian and Jewish community to attend.For more information please call (505) 9822080.A love offering will be received.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

First Church of Christ Scientist, Santa Fe Our church is designed to support the practice of Christian healing. Services consist of readings from the King James Bible and Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.

Sunday service/Sunday School/Child care at 10:00 a.m. “Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?” is the Bible Lesson for December 22.Wednesday meetings at 12:10 p.m. and 7:30 p.m (including Christmas Day and New Year’s Day). Readings are on a timely topic followed by sharing healings attesting to the practical presence of God in our life. The noon meeting is informal. Bring your lunch and friends. Please join us! 323 East Cordova Road. www.christiansciencesantafe.org

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

First Christian Church of Santa Fe First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Santa Fe, 645 Webber Street, worships at 10:30 on Sunday mornings. We are an open and affirming congregation with communion open to all who wish to partake. Viento de Gracia (Disciples of Christ) meets in the same building with services in Spanish on Sundays 5 p.m. and Thursdays at 7 p.m. All are welcome. Located two blocks south of the state capital building. We support global hunger relief through Week of Compassion, Christian Ministry through the Disciples of Christ, and local hunger relief through Food for Santa Fe. Christmas Eve Candlelight and Communion Service at 6 p.m., December 24th. We can be found on the web at www. santafedisciples.org

EPISCOPAL

Holy Family Episcopal Church 10A Bisbee Court, www.holyfamilysantafe.org A family oriented church with a special mission to ASD Spectrum Children.Sundays: 10:30 Eucharist with Choir Practice starting at 9:45, Tuesdays: 10am Prayer Shawl Ministry (come to learn or come to create) Thursdays: 12:15pm Noonday Prayer or Eucharist A sensory break room is available during all services. December 22nd: Potluck and Bishop’s visit. Please contact us at (505) 424-0095 or email us at holyfamilysantafe@gmail.com.

Church of the Holy Faith Episcopal Celebrating 150 years of Episcopal Worship in Santa Fe, welcomes all people to an ever deepening relationship with The Lord Jesus Christ . Services each week: Sunday: Spoken Eucharist at.

7:30a.m.; Choral Eucharist at 8:30 and 11:00a.m.; Adult Forum at 9:50-10:30a.m.; Children ‘s Chapel at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday : Taize Contemplative Eucharist with Healing 6:00p.m. Wednesday and Thursday : Holy Eucharist at 12:10p.m: Monday- Friday 4:30p.m: Evening Prayer. Youth group meets at 12:30p.m. first and third Sundays. Children ‘s Adventures Christian Education on Tuesdays at 4:00-5:30 p.m. seasonally . Call for details: 505-982-4447. 311 East Palace Avenue in Historic Santa Fe .

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Is a Christ-centered servant community rooted in Holy Scripture, tradition and reason as practiced by the Episcopal Church, located at 1601 S. St. Francis Drive. Holy Eucharist on Sunday December 22, 2013 at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. (7:00 p.m. in Spanish) At the Sunday Forum at 9:15 the Rev. Jim Leehan will present the topic “Appreciating the Metaphor of Christmas.” Visit www.stbedesantafe.org or call 982-1133 for more information.The Episcopal Church welcomes you. La Iglesia Episcopal les da la bienvenida.

Happy Solstice. Come join our inspirited (not religious) community Sunday for our 10:30am service,which will feature a metaphysical interpretation of the Christmas story.The Joyful Sound Singers along with Brian Bennett and Catherine Donavon will get us in the spirit with festive music. On Tuesday, everyone is welcome to our magical Christmas Eve Candlelighting Service, 5-6pm.The following Sunday, December 29, features a white stone ceremony and intentioning for 2014. Our New Year’s Eve Burning Bowl Service is a wonderful way to release the old and ring in the new consciousness, 5-6pm. 505-989-4433 unitysantafe.org Unity Santa Fe 1212 Unity Way (North side of 599 bypass @ Camino de los Montoyas (2.4 miles from 84/285, 8.4 miles from Airport Road).

All are honored and welcome.

JEWISH

Congregation Beit Tikva Located at 2230 Old Pecos Trail, our Synagogue follows Traditional Reform Judaism led by Rabbi Martin Levy and Cantor Michael Linder. Shabbat evening services are on Friday evenings at 7:30pm. Continuing this Saturday morning (today) at 9:15am, Rabbi Levy leads our Shabbat Torah study on Genesis. Kabbalah and all other Adult Education classes will continue in mid-January, 2014. On Friday, December 27th at 5:30pm, Rabbi Levy conducts Shabbat Services at Ponce de Leon (always held on the last Friday of the month). For more information on our “2014 Israel Spring Adventure,” please contact Rabbi Levy! For additional information, call us at 505-820-2991 or visit our website at http:// www.beittikvasantafe.org/.

Temple Beth Shalom is a handicap accessible, welcoming Reform Jewish Congregation with a great religious school and preschool (www.preschool. sftbs.org). Friday services begin at 6:30pm. Saturday mornings, enjoy bagels, lox, and Torah study, at 9:15. Stay for morning services at 10:30. study Pray and study with Aaron Wolf at the Monday morning minyan, 8:00-9:00 am in the Upper Sanctuary. The Temple office will be closed from December 24 – January 1 and will reopen on January 2. All Services will be held as usual. We wish you safe and warm holidays and a happy New Year. 205 E. Barcelona Road, 982-1376, www.sftbs.org.

LUTHERAN

Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) Advent Around the Table’at 1701 Arroyo Chamisa on Wednesdays, Dec. 4, 11 & 18. Two options: 10:30-11:30am Scripture Study and Devotion. Join us for Lunch at Sunrise Family Restaurant, 11:45. Again at 5:30-6:30pm with a soup supper at Church. Led

by Pastor Kate Schlechter. Dec.24, Wed. CHRISTMAS EVE-Holy Communion and Candlelight Service 5pm & 10pm, DEC. 25TH, Thurs. CHRISTMAS DAY-Holy Communion 10am 505-983-9461 All are welcome!

Immanuel Lutheran Church (LCMS) 209 East Barcelona Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505 Sunday service (12/22) schedule: Divine Service: 9:30AM Sunday School and Bible Studies: 10:40AM The congregation invites all to join in celebrating the season of Advent—the time before Christmas. The children and staff of the Sunday School will assist with the Divine Service,presenting a small Christmas Pageant.Dec.24,Christmas Eve Candlelight Vespers, 6PM;“Birthday Party for Jesus” 7PM, Dec. 25, Christmas Day Divine Service, 10:30AM Immanuel Church is just west of the New Mexico Children’s Museum which is at the corner of Old Pecos Trail and East Barcelona Road. 983-7568 www.ilc-sfnm.org

METHODIST

St. John’s United Methodist Fourth Sunday of Advent: Worship services at 8:30 and 11am; Fellowship Time (conversation, tea, and coffee) at 9:30am; and Sunday Classes for all ages at 9:45am. Pastor Greg Kennedy speaks on “A God That Sleeps Over” at both services. Festival of Lessons and Carols at 3pm. Christmas Eve services at 5, 7, 9pm with refreshments at 6pm. St. John’s is on the web at www.sjumcsantafe.org, on Facebook, and by phone 982-5397.

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Eckankar Religion of the Light and Sound of God, is an age-old and universal teaching suited for modern times. It offers tools to explore one’s unique relationship with the Divine through personal inner and outer experience. For people of all beliefs, Eckankar holds a monthly worship service on the third Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at the Santa Fe Women’s Club and also community HU chants at 10 a.m. Santa Fe Soul on the first Sunday and La Tienda at Eldorado on the second Saturday.For information,see www.eckankar.org or call 800-876-6704. See www.miraclesinyourlife.org for an uplifting spiritual awakening technique.

The Celebration A Sunday Service Different! Now in our 22nd year as an ongoing experience of spiritual community. Our service is truly new and different every week because we create it. Lively, creative, synchronistic, music-filled, inspirational, uplifting, that’s us! Sundays at 10:30am, NEA-NM Bldg., 2007 Botulph Rd., enter around back. The speaker for Sunday, Dec. 22 is Kristine Baker, “Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life.” Special music by Diana James. Please also join us for our warm and wonderful Christmas Eve Service at 6pm on Tues. Dec. 24th. www. thecelebration.org. 699-0023 for more info.

ORTHODOX

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church We invite you to experience the mystery and beauty of the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church! Our Services include Great Vespers every Saturday at 5:30pm, Matins on Sunday at 8:15am, and the main Sunday service, the Divine Liturgy, at 9:30am. Our Christmas Services include Christmas Eve Vespers at 4:30 pm and our Midnight Liturgy at 11pm, followed by a Feast. Weekly Classes: Our Thoughts Determine our Lives, Wednesdays at 11am, and an Inquirer’s Class on Saturday afternoons at 4pm; currently, on the role of the Virgin Mary. Classes are led by Fr. John Bethancourt.

231 E Cordova Road 983-5826 FrJohnB@aol.com. www.holytrinitysantafe.org.

PRESBYTERIAN

Christ Church Santa Fe (PCA) Our Presbyterian church is at Don Gaspar and Cordova Road.

Our focus is on the historical truths of Jesus Christ, His Love and Redemptive Grace... and our contemporary response. Sunday services are 9:00 and 10:45 am (childcare provided). Children and Youth Ministry activities also available. Call us at (505)9828817 or visit our website at christchurchsantafe.org for more information.

First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) On this Fourth Sunday of Advent and throughout the coming year we are Re-Connecting with the love God has for us and we have for each other. Morning Song Service at 8:30 and Worship Service at 11:00 a.m. Festival of Lessons and Carols—favorite carols, beautiful anthems, and inspiring readings. Childcare available.

Christmas Eve Services on Tuesday, December 24 at 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. The 5 o’clock Festival of Christ’s Birth is a family-friendly service including candles, carols and trumpet. The 9 o’clock service includes candles, carols, choir, harp and trumpet.

TGIF Concerts every Friday at 5:30 p.m. More information at www. fpcsantafe.org or 982-8544. Located downtown at 208 Grant Ave.

Westminster Presbyterian PC(USA) A Multi-cultural Faith Community St.Francis Dr.at West Manhattan 11 AM on The Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 22nd “GLORIA: SACRED STORIES & MUSIC OF CHRISTMAS A SERVICE OF SCRIPTURE READINGS, SONGS OF DEVOTION AND FESTIVE MUSIC Music by the WPC Choir, WPC Bell Choir, Brinegar Violin & Cello, AND members of the eSSO, Chamber Orchestra performing “THE CHRISTMAS CONCERTO” ALL ARE WELCOME 7 PM on Christmas Eve, December 24th “CANDLES, COMMUNION & CHRISTMAS JOY” Christmas Story told by the children and Music by WPC youth.

Contact us at 505-983-8939 (Tues-Fri, 9-1) or wpcsantafe@ gmail.com

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIS

UU Congregation of Santa Fe 107 W. Barcelona (corner with Galisteo) Dec 22: Welcome Solstice, Gail Marinner, *Winter Schedule Sept-May: Services at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. with nursery care available at both services and faith development classes for children and youth held concurrently with the second service; classes are cooperative ventures taught in a compassionate, welcoming environment *Everyone welcome *UU Women’s Federation Program and Luncheon:Third Saturday Sept.-May *More info: 505-982-9674 and http://www. uusantafe.org/ *We nurture hearts and minds, practice beloved community and work for justice.*

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

The United Church of Santa Fe “Seeing the Signs” Lessons and Carols for the 4th Sunday of Advent, with Combined Choirs and Trumpeter Jan Willem-Jansens.

8:30 Communion and 11:00 Worship for All Ages led by Rev. Talitha Arnold, Rev. Brandon Johnson, Pianist Jacquelyn Helin, D.M.A., and Choral Director Karen Marrolli, D.M.A. 9:45:Youth Initiation, Children’s Music and Games, and Adult Forum. Christmas Eve Services (Tuesday evening, Dec. 24): 5:00 Children’s Candles and Carols Service (every child receives a Christmas Gift from the church); 7:00 Candlelight Service with Combined Choirs; 11:00 Candlelight Communion with special music. United Church--a community that seeks to “love God, love neighbor, and love creation.” All welcome! 1804 Arroyo Chamiso (at St. Michael’s Drive). unitedchurchofsantafe.org. Facebook, too!

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Saturday, December 21, 2013 THE NEW MEXICAN

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Question: How can it be that carbon dioxide emissions are the lowest they have been in the United States in 20 years despite the fact that we have no binding federal legislation limiting them?

Jason Johnson, Port Chester, N.Y. Answer: Carbon dioxide emissions are indeed lower than at any time since 1994, according to data recently released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. But if you think that the rise of the hybrid car, our embrace of public transit, walking, biking and those new windows on the house are behind the trend, think again. According to the EIA, increased energy efficiency has played a role, as have recent warmer winters and the recession, but the key driver has been the swapping out of coal at power plants and industrial facilities across the country for cleaner-burning and now more abundant natural gas.

The reason so much natural gas is around is the rise of hydraulic fracturing, also known as “fracking,” a technique in which drillers inject water and chemicals into underground shale rock deposits to free up otherwise trapped natural gas. Fracking has allowed U.S. oil companies to access huge natural gas deposits from the Marcellus Shale in the Northeast and elsewhere. The increased supply has brought natural gas prices down so that it has been cheaper than coal during the last few years. Our carbon footprint benefits because burning natural gas to generate electricity generates about half the carbon emissions of coal for every megawatthour of power generated.

But Americans might not want to pat themselves on the back for too long, as the positive trend won’t continue indefinitely. “Replacing coal with natural gas reduces smokestack emissions of carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and mercury, but natural gas production and distribution comes with a host of problems, including methane leaks, contaminated water supplies, destroyed streams and devastated landscapes,” says Dan Lashof of the Natural Resources Defense Council, a leading environmental group. “And while gas-fired power plants have lower carbon dioxide emissions than coal-fired ones, their emissions are still far too high to be considered a global warming solution.”

Furthermore, EIA says our energyrelated carbon emissions are already rising again as recent increases in natural gas prices have steered some utilities back to coal. The EIA anticipates U.S. energy-related carbon emissions rising 1.7 percent in 2013 and another 0.9 percent in 2014. The most important remaining question, Lashof says, is whether or not the U.S. will continue to reduce its CO2 emissions to achieve the president’s 2020 goal of a 17 percent reduction from 2005 levels — and eventually the 80 percent or more reductions needed to prevent the most dangerous risks of climate disruption. The target is within reach, he says, but power plant carbon pollution standards, among other changes, will be needed.

Lashof adds that the only way to keep the ball rolling is via a coordinated effort including stricter federal carbon and energy efficiency standards, new state renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives and reworked zoning and transportation policies that discourage the use of private automobiles. “We can build the clean energy future we need, but we aren’t there yet and it’s not going to happen by itself.”

Also, even if Americans can mobilize to get their emissions in check, will it matter? During 2012, energyrelated carbon emissions fell by some 3.7 percent in the U.S., but they rose 1.4 percent overall around the world.

Indeed, global carbon emissions are on an unrelenting upward march as developing nations acquire the taste for the extravagant fossil-fuel-driven lifestyle perfected in the U.S.

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New rules, incentives could extend emissions progress

Alan Honick Documentary filmmaker thinks fairness, as a conscientious, cooperative behavior, is an inherent feature of human nature, and he wants to start a much deeper discussion on what fairness means.

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MILWAUKEE o Ken Cameron, vanilla is a lot sexier than its name implies.

The world’s leading expert on the biology of vanilla orchids sees the popular spice not as plain or ordinary, but as a beautifully complex and valuable commodity produced from the world’s largest family of plants.

While vanilla extract flies off store shelves this time of year as holiday bakers mix it into cakes, pies and cookies, vanilla is much more than a pastry chef’s favorite spice.

Deodorants, household cleaners, popular brands of vodka, pill coatings, the finest perfumes, even Coke and Pepsi count vanilla as an ingredient. And, of course, it’s the No. 1 selling ice cream.

“I often tell people, ‘I’ll challenge you that within 10 minutes of waking, you will encounter vanilla,’ ” Cameron said in his office at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he’s a botany professor and director of the Wisconsin Herbarium.

“We tend to think of it as a flavor, but it’s also a fragrance. There aren’t many spices in that category.”

Cameron travels around the world to speak about vanilla and conduct research on the valuable crop. This month, he will spend three weeks in vanilla capitals Madagascar and nearby Reunion Island. He’s written a well-received book, Vanilla Orchids: Natural History and Cultivation.

Much of his research has been done in sequencing the DNA of vanilla orchid species around the world, determining, for example, that plants found in Mexico are the same species found in Madagascar. He was the first to figure out that the vanilla orchid found in Tahiti, which has different colored flowers than those in Mexico, is a hybrid.

“It was kind of a like a paternity test,” Cameron said of his work on the Tahitian orchids. “There had always been a mystery as to how it got there. We don’t have a time machine to see who crossed it and when.”

Because vanilla vines pretty much look the same and rarely flower, he is building a DNA bar code database for the 100 species of vanilla orchids, to identify them like a criminal fingerprint book. That way anyone can cut a piece of vanilla orchid vine and determine the species. Working with the University of Wisconsin, Madison botany graduate students, he so far has created bar codes for

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45 vanilla orchid species by sequencing small snippets of DNA. Gourmet cooks and foodies already know this — the flavor and fragrance of vanilla varies widely depending on the species. With more than 400 separate flavor components, selecting vanilla beans can be as difficult as judging fine wines.

“In the same way tobacco and wine have different varietals, or terroir, all those things apply to vanilla, too,” said Cameron, opening tubes containing vanilla pods harvested from different countries.

Holding a long, brown seed pod from Madagascar, Cameron explained the rumlike smell is the most common to vanilla consumers. A vanilla pod from Mexico smells spicier while the species grown in Tahiti has a more flowery, fruity aroma. Cultivation, harvesting and drying affect flavor and odor.

The first vanilla orchids were cultivated for food centuries ago in Mexico. Called vainilla, or little pods, by Spanish explorers, vanilla beans and orchids were taken back to Europe, where the French were much more enthusiastic about the new spice than Spaniards, Cameron said. French explorers then carried the orchids to the colonies of Tahiti, Indonesia and Madagascar. That’s why it’s commonly known as French vanilla.

The Spanish explorers, however, didn’t take along the orchid bees that pollinated the vines, so for many years the transplanted orchids didn’t flower and produce beans.

Eventually, someone figured out how to hand pollinate vanilla orchids, which is still done today on vast vanilla plantations.

Scientists believe the vanilla orchid bee is now extinct. They also suspect vanilla orchids in the wild are close to becoming extinct, a prospect that worries Cameron.

Since most orchids are propagated by cutting pieces of the vine, there are many genetically identical copies in the world, “so if a disease comes through, it could wipe out everything like the Irish potato famine,” said Cameron, who wants to explore directive breeding because vanilla is still being grown the same way as a century ago.

Which is to say, very painstakingly.

On plantations in Madagascar, vanilla orchid flowers open once only for a few hours and must be hand pollinated. It can take up to nine months for the fruit to develop. When the green fruit is picked, it has no odor but during a monthlong drying process the aroma develops as the pods are laid in the sun during the day and rolled up in blankets at night while the beans ferment.

Food-service inspections For the period ending Dec. 19.

To file a complaint, call the state Environment Department at 827-1820.

REALBURGER, 2641½ Cerrillos Road. Cited for high-risk violations for hand sink not working, problem with beef refrigeration, blocked hand sink (corrected), undated beans, raw ground turkey stored above prepared foods (corrected). Cited for moderate-risk violations for particle accumulation along wall, food buildup on potato slicer.

Cited for low-risk violations for unshielded light bulb, sealing problem in walk-in cooler, prep- and wash-area walls not light in color, chipping paint on wall.

EL PASEO BAR & GRILL, 208 Galisteo St. Cited for high-risk violations for lack

of sanitizer test kit, problem with sanitizer mixture (corrected). Cited for low-risk violation for missing base coving in some areas.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING ACADEMY, 4491 Cerrillos Road.

Cited for moderate-risk violation for problem with back door. Cited for low-risk violations for hand lotion at hand sink, lack of proper seals on wall, ceiling penetrations, nonworking light bulb.

ALARM CLOCK CAFE, 2100 Yucca St. Cited for highrisk violations for air leak on dishwasher, unshielded drain line. Cited for moderate-risk violation for rust on food processor stand.

STATE PENITENTIARY, 4311 N.M. 14. No violations.

REGAL SANTA FE STADIUM 14, 3474 Zafarano Drive.

Cited for high-risk violation for problem with sanitizer dispenser. Cited for moderaterisk violation for buildup in sink, hard-water deposit on sink.

LE PETITE ACADEMY, 1361 Rufina Circle. Cited for moderate-risk violation for improper storage of spoons.

Cited for low-risk violation for inadequate ventilation in prep area.

HORSEMAN’S HAVEN, 4354 Cerrillos Road. Cited for high-risk violation for undated foods in walk-in cooler (corrected). Cited for moderaterisk violations for vent hood light bulbs out and missing shields, missing base coving, peeling paint and plaster, dust accumulation on vent.

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hat the world needs now is a sixth sense, according to Alan Honick, a documentary filmmaker who has focused on environmental issues such as sustainability, climate change and resource depletion.

Honick noticed that many of the conflicts he covered in his films revolved around the simple question of fairness. People often talk about “a sense of fairness,” hinting at special mode of perception, but Honick thinks fairness, as a conscientious, cooperative behavior, is an inherent feature of human nature, and he wants to start a much deeper discussion on what fairness really means.

“We all have a definition, Roger depending on our own perspecSnodgrass tives on life,” said Honick, who Science Matters recently relocated to Santa Fe from Washington state. “I started to wonder if there is a more objective way to understand fairness — some way to approach fairness from a scientific perspective — and I found out there were all sorts of different angles on it, whether it’s game theory, archaeology, evolutionary psychology or behavioral ecology. Subject after subject looks at different aspects of fairness, how it originated, how it evolved and how it functions in human relationships at all levels, from human interpersonal relationships to international relations.”

The problem of fairness has become a hot topic in the social and life sciences, where it competes with the highly structured domains of justice and the arcane distinctions of moral philosophy. “We invest in medical science to preserve the health of our bodies, and in environmental science to maintain the health of ecosystems,” writes David Sloan Wilson, president of the Evolution Institute, the institutional partner for Honick’s fairness project. “Yet our understanding of what makes societies healthy is in the pre-scientific stage,” Wilson pointed out a few years ago in an article in Nature.

The Evolution Institute’s stated mission is “to use evolutionary science to solve real-world problems,” an ideal that was expressed in much of the work of economist Elinor Ostrom, who shared the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences in 2009, for her research analyzing economic governance as a collective action. “The issue of how best to govern natural resources used by many individuals in common is no more settled by academia than in the world of politics,” she wrote in Governing the Commons, first published in 1990. The battle between state and private control of resources has settled on a winner. Instead, Ostrom identified a set of design principals in the real world that successfully enabled individuals to sustain community resources. “We are neither trapped in inexorable tragedies nor free of moral responsibility for creating and sustaining incentives that facilitate our own achievement of mutually productive outcomes,” Ostrom wrote.

Almost any news story about resource conflict can become a test case in a fairness discussion, from inequities in student-teacher ratios to endangered species to the rise in polygamy in Kazakhstan as an escape from poverty.

We can trace our human ancestry back more than 2 million years, but modern humans who looked and thought more or less like we do only came along about 15,000 years ago during the Ice Age. Most of our social and genetic makeup was well-established by then.

“Our Ice Age ancestors typically lived in small foraging societies whose members are believed to have valued generosity, sharing and altruism,” Kent Flannery and Joyce Marcus write in The Creation of Inequality: How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy, Slavery and Empire. As anthropologist Christopher Boehm adds in his book, Moral Origins, the Evolution of Virtue, Altruism and Shame, the pervasive equality of early hunter-gatherer society, unlike the hierarchical structure of our ancestor apes, probably kept predatory cheaters and bullies under control by group pressure and punishments that could include banishment. He concludes that “45,000 years ago almost all the humans living on this planet were practicing this egalitarianism.”

So far, Honick has published several multimedia stories in Pacific Standard and online at Slate.com about facets of fairness as an evolutionary trait that is visible in the anthropological and archaeological record.

Adding to these stories, he plans to continue to talk to leading thinkers in the field, attract an audience and stimulate a larger discussion on his way to producing what he currently conceives as a trilogy of full-length documentary films that will lay out the entire life story of fairness, “beginning with the earliest expression of cooperation and competition” in a single-cell amoeba and its role in human evolution to its vastly diminished role and potential utility amid the growing dysfunction of Industrial Age. “Evolution is a ruthless cost-benefit analyzer,” Honick says. “Things don’t evolve unless the benefits of that particular trait are greater than the costs.”

Contact Roger Snodgrass at roger.sno@gmail.com.

Honick plans to produce what he conceives as a trilogy of full-length films that will lay out the life story of fairness.

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Navajos assess future of Tribal Council speaker

By Felicia Fonseca The Associated Press

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — It’s a scenario that almost surely would cause a stir anywhere: the leader of a government’s legislative branch accused in a scheme to divert public money to his family.

On the Navajo Nation, the lawmakers who elected Johnny Naize as Tribal Council speaker largely have been silent about the bribery and con-

spiracy charges against him. None has called for him to step down, and none has thrown their support behind him to remain in the leadership post.

But they are talking among themselves and to their constituents about the image the allegations create, and some are suggesting Naize should focus on resolving the charges instead of leading lawmakers on the country’s largest American Indian reservation.

“If he’s serving as a speaker while

defending himself, he’ll have little time to do both,” said Delegate Leonard Tsosie. “He needs to look at that, too.

And it’s really for his own benefit.”

Naize will be arraigned in March on 10 counts of conspiracy and a bribery count, stemming from an investigation into lawmakers’ use of tribal discretionary funds. Prosecutors say Naize’s family received $36,550 in discretionary funding in exchange for his providing $36,900 to family members of

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ndrea has been working at a motel for eight years but has hit a rough spot. She says her pay has gone down because business has been slow.

Her son, daughter and grandchildren live with her. Her daughter was working until October but is looking for a job.

Her son graduated high school and also is on the job hunt.

With her whole family living with her, and no one else working, Andrea has had trouble keeping up with bills. She is asking for $3,050 for rent and $401.70 for her electric bill.

Andrea is just one of the many community members seeking help from The New Mexican’s Empty Stocking Fund during the holiday season. Watch for daily stories New Mexico School for the Deaf students Amberley Luna featuring requests for assisand Jesus Medrano present Santa Fe Community Foundation President Brian Byrnes $400 for The New Mexican’s tance from local residents in Empty Stocking Fund on Friday. Funds were collected at the The Santa Fe New Mexican. school’s annual Winter Variety Show. COURTESY KERI-LYNN MCBRIDE The names of the applicants have been changed to protect u Robert R. McFarland, $100 other items or services, contact their privacy. The information from the initial application will The Salvation Army, 988-8054 u Rosemary and B. Frederick be verified if Minard, $100 Donations the applicant u Magdalene Montoya, $25 is selected for u New Mexico Natural Mediu Anonymous assistance.

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Starkey, $100 George, in memory of Dolores santafenewmexican.com/ u Harrison and Hannah empty_stocking or mail a check Cordova, $50 u JaNelle, LaNelle and Juanita Trainor, $100 to: The New Mexican’s Empty Haught, in memory of Earl and Stocking Fund c/o The Santa Fe u Trish Vigil, in memory of Community Foundation, P.O. Box Nila Haught, $100 Frank Browder, $40 u Keshi the Zuni Connection, 1827, Santa Fe, NM 87504-1827 u Mary E. Walta, in honor of $250 If you can provide a needed Sandra Brinck, Eileen Mandel u Jane Pedersen and Domiservice such as roofing or home and Paul Chitwood, $150 nick LaCapra, $250 repairs, contact Presbyterian u White & Luff Financial, u Margot Ladwig, $100 Medical Services, 983-8968. u Jeanette Martinez, in mem- $400 If you can contribute food, Cumulative total: ory of George, MaryAnn and clothing, toys, housewares or $112,108.56 Earl Martinez, $50 furniture in good condition, or

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current and former council delegates.

The money was intended for uses such as student financial aid, people facing extreme hardship and assistance for elderly Navajo.

Naize says he won’t step down and that he will devote his time as speaker to “accomplishing the work of the Navajo Nation with the dignity and care that Dine citizens deserve.”

The probe into the discretionary funds began after a larger Tribal Coun-

cil of 88 delegates voted in 2009 to place then-President Joe Shirley Jr. on administrative leave over allegations that he acted unethically and illegally in dealing with two companies that had operated on the reservation.

The allegations never were made public, and Shirley never was charged.

A tribal judge ruled that the council acted outside its authority. The decision later was upheld by the tribe’s Supreme Court.

Funeral services and memorials MARGARITO G. MAES (SERGEANT MAES) Of Santa Fe, went to be with our Lord and his beloved wife on Wednesday, December 18, 2013. Margarito retired from the City of Santa Fe police department after 30 years of dedicated service.

He is preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Flora; his parents Elosia and Epimenio and his son, Patrick. Margarito is survived by his loving children: Dolores Gurule of Odessa, TX, Grace Quinones (David) of Albuquerque, NM, Margarita Samuel (Earl) of Tesuque Pueblo, NM, Ray Martinez of San Mateo, CA, Gilbert Maes (Kim) of Santa Fe; brother Jose Maes of Espanola; sister Rosie Chavez of Colorado Springs, CO; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and dear friends Juan and Juanita Garcia. He was a member of St. Anne’s Church.

Pallbearers are Anthony Samuel, Jerome Samuel, Juan Martinez, A.J. Salazar, David Quinones, Jr. and Ruben Quinones. Honorary pallbearers are Tom Jara and Dominick Woods.

Visitation will be Sunday, December 22, 2013 from 5:00-6:00 pm at Berardinelli Family Funeral Service with a Rosary to follow at 6:00 pm. Funeral Mass will be Monday, December 23, 2013 at 11:00 am at St. Anne’s Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Rosario Cemetery.

Rivera Family Mortuaries Santa Fe ~ Española ~ Taos Rivera Family Funeral Home Santa Fe (505)989-7032 Carol Mae Brown, 81, Santa Fe, December 13, 2013 John Armijo, 52, Santa Fe, December 18, 2013 Rivera Family Funeral Home Taos (575)758-3841 Sy (Sylvan) Hotch, 88, Taos, December 13, 2013 Corina R. Maestas, 99, Talpa, December 13, 2013 Florentina Schmid Devargas, 86, Taos, December 17, 2013 Carlos Trujillo, 57, Ranchos de Taos, December 19, 2013 Rivera Family Funeral Home Espanola (505)753-2288 Ruth Gonzales, Espanola, December 2013

Berardinelli Family Funeral Service 1399 Luisa Street Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505)984-8600 Please sign our guestbook for the family at: www.berardinellifuneralhome.com JOSE B. ROMERO Jose B Romero, age 93, a long-time resident of Santa Fe died peacefully at his home on Thursday, December 19, 2013.

He was born in El Rito, NM in 1920. He met and married his beautiful wife Annie, the love of his life. They recently celebrated 71 years of marriage. Joe retired from the Los Alamos National Laboratory where he worked as a Health Monitor. He loved sports and was an avid competitive basketball player until the age of 68 and was referred to as "the cagey old fox."

He is survived by his loving wife Annie, and his children, Becky Kozubal, Eddie Romero, Sylvia Fernandez, David Romero, and his sons-in-law Andy Kozubal, Harold Fernandez, and daughter-in-law, Eileen Romero. He is also survived by his ten grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. We will greatly miss our beloved and his love, strength, and wisdom. Our beloved will forever remain in our hearts.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Berardinelli Funeral Home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Deeply missed and forever loved.

Merry Christmas Mom A Mass will be celebrated on Sunday, December 22, 2013 at 12 noon at San Isidro Center.

Maida and Dolores and their families.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARLA SMAIL GONZALES

Police notes The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: u A burglar stole 20 rings, with an estimated value of about $800, from a house in the 100 block of Lugar de Oro between 9:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. Thursday. u A woman reported that someone broke into her house while she was taking a walk and stole her purse and a pair of diamond earrings between the hours of 5 and 6 p.m.

Wednesday in the 1300 block of Ferguson Lane. u Someone broke the driver’s side window of a 2007 Dodge van in the 100 block of Camino de Las Crucitas and stole the owner’s purse, which contained a debit card, at 5 p.m. Thursday.

A police report says the burglar used the debit card at 6:25 p.m. at a Phillips 66 gas station, 3000 Cerrillos Road.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the following reports:

u Someone stole a turquoise bead necklace Thursday evening from a shop at Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino. The item has an estimated value of about $700.

DWI arrests u Robert Contreras, 39, was arrested by a sheriff’s deputy after a breath test showed he had a blood alcohol level of 0.08. He was charged with DWI, reckless driving and driving with a suspended or revoked license. The deputy’s report said Contreras was initially pulled over for speeding on N.M. 599 and showed signs of impairment. He was booked into jail at about 12 a.m. Friday. u Kellie Zachry, 30, 4000 La Carrera, was arrested around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday on charges of aggravated DWI and having no headlamps after being pulled over by police on Cerrillos Road and Montezuma Avenue.

Speed SUVs u The Santa Fe Police Department listed the following locations for mobile speed-enforcement vehicles: SUV No. 1 at Zia and Vo Tech roads; SUV No. 2 at Airport Road at Fields Lane; SUV No. 3 at Governor Miles Road between Richards Avenue and Camino Carlos Rey.

Help lines Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families hotline: 800-473-5220 St. Elizabeth Shelter for men, women and children: 982-6611 Interfaith Community Shelter: 795-7494 New Mexico suicide prevention hotline: 866-435-7166 Solace Crisis Treatment Center: 986-9111, 800-7217273 or TTY 471-1624 Youth Emergency Shelter/ Youth Shelters: 438-0502 Police and fire emergency: 911

JOHN F.K. ARMIJO Age 52, beloved Father, Grandfather, and Brother passed away peacefully into everlasting life with Our Lord, on December 18, 2013 while surrounded by his loving family.

He was born in Clayton, NM on May 26, 1961. John was a proud Father and full of life. He enjoyed telling stories and being a "Coach". He is preceded in death by his parents, Antonio and Isadora Armijo; and niece Sharon Boone. John is survived by his loving children: April Armijo, Michael and wife Adrianna Armijo, Patricia and husband John Casados, Joey and wife Amy Salazar, Shana and husband Daniel Roybal; seven grandchildren; and long-time companion, Monica. Also surviving are his siblings: Nikki Boone, Michael (Martha), Bobby (Anita), Gerard (Diana), Richard (Irene) Gonzales and Phillip Armijo; the mother of his children, Stella Salazar; and other numerous relatives and friends. John will be greatly missed by his family and by those whose hearts he touched.

A Rosary will be held on Monday, December 23, 2013 at 8 a.m., following by a Mass of Christian burial at St. Johns Catholic Church, 1301 Osage Ave, Santa Fe, NM. Serving as Honorary Pallbearers are Dale Tsosie, Steve Duran, John Schoeppner, Gary Kavanaugh, Nolan Arquero and Joe Madrid. Interment will take place at Rosario Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rivera Family Funeral Home, 417 E. Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, NM (505)989-7032.

Without you in my life, I feel an emptiness deep within my soul, an emptiness only a mother’s love could fill.

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his week was a tough one for the National Security Agency.

The NSA is the super-secret government organization that gathers intelligence from around the world, largely by electronic means.

This allows the agency to monitor communications between private Bill Stewart individuals Understanding as well as Your World between government officials in every country in the world.

On one hand, the agency is indispensable for America’s security purposes. But on the other hand — is an organization that powerful and far-reaching destroying the democratic nature of the very country it is supposed to protect? It is a profoundly important question for the U.S. and extremely difficult to answer.

Ultimately, it is a question of balance. How do we weigh the needs of national security against the constitutional guarantees that make us a free country? And that brings us to Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who fled the country with a massive amount of intelligence on his computer, which he has leaked in small but devastating amounts.

Snowden sought — and received — refuge in Russia, a move the Kremlin no doubt thought was delicious, although it is not clear how much benefit, if any, the Russians have received from Snowden’s asylum.

It is clear that no matter how much he broke the rules, Snowden is not a spy in the classic mode. Moreover, Snowden has since sought asylum in Brazil but was turned down. The real value of Snowden’s revelations are less about intelligence operatives and operations than about his disclosure of the massive scale of the NSA’s intelligence gathering, collecting the telephone logs of every U.S. citizen, the socalled metadata.

Earlier this week in Washington, D.C., Federal District

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How do we weigh the needs of national security against the constitutional guarantees that make us a free country?

Court Judge Richard J. Leon ruled that the NSA’s phone surveillance program was “almost certainly” unconstitutional.

That was a body blow to the program and almost certainly will be appealed, possibly as far as the U.S. Supreme Court. The judge then issued an injunction against his own ruling until the matter could be sorted out.

Snowden’s case has begun to look better and better.

But there’s more to come.

Following the judge’s ruling, but not directly connected to it, a panel of outside advisers urged President Barack Obama to impose major oversight and some restrictions on the NSA, arguing that in the past dozen years, its powers had been enhanced at the expense of personal privacy.

In the U.S., the individual has constitutional guarantees against unwarranted government interference in his life.

It is part of the bedrock of our system. The most important recommendation of the panel of five intelligence and legal experts was that the president restructure the telephone sweep program. Instead, the

telephone data should remain in the hands of telecommunications companies or private consortium, and a court order should be necessary any time analysts want to access information for “queries and data mining.”

That recommendation, of course, begs the question of whether a private company is more competent or more trustworthy than the NSA when it comes to handling sensitive information. The president has promised to study the detailed report during his Christmas vacation in Hawaii. One of the 46 recommendations calls for presidential approval of any attempt to listen into the conversations of foreign leaders. Another calls for the NSA to surrender one of its most powerful weapons in the field of cyberconflicts: the ability to insert “back doors” in American hardware or software, a secret way into them to manipulate computers or to buy previously unknown flaws that it can use to conduct cyberattacks. If Obama decides to accept the report’s

major recommendations, it would mark the first serious restrictions on the NSA since Sept 11, 2001.

In a very general way, the judge’s ruling and the panel’s recommendations support Snowden’s contention that in the field of intelligence the U.S. government had exceeded its writ and behaved in an illegal way. In a sense, the government’s response has been that “crime isn’t crime when it’s committed by nice people like us. But we’ll take a look at what you are recommending and see if there isn’t something we can do. But don’t expect too much.”

There is little doubt that Snowden committed a crime in “stealing” U.S. intelligence.

There is, and must be, a penalty for that. On the other hand, his revelations, no matter how obtained, have exposed a vast intelligencegathering operation that is certainly beyond the requirements of America’s security.

There were other, more legitimate ways for Snowden to reach his objective. But he has opened a national debate that is in the country’s best interests. That should count for something.

Bill Stewart is a former U.S. foreign service officer and worked as a Time magazine correspondent.

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uring this festive time of the year, many people will be celebrating the holidays with family and friends, exchanging gifts and, overall, having a jolly good time. I love this time of the year for that reason.

However, I want to point out an egregious cruelty that also happens this time of the year: the Christmas ham. Not all traditions are good. The pigs raised for these hams are more often than not raised in factory farms in terrible conditions. The pregnant sows are kept in gestation crates — crates that are so small she cannot turn around or lie down comfortably for nearly her entire life.

Fully conscious baby piglets are slammed headfirst onto the hard concrete floors to euthanize them.

During this time of goodwill toward men, it is time we expand that to goodwill toward all creatures.

It’s time to abandon the tradition of the Christmas ham once and for all. For some delicious cruelty-free holiday recipes, go

to www.chooseveg.com.

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A bigger story Reported: “Officer … shot at minivan full of children following a traffic stop.”

What really happened: After suspect was stopped by a state police officer for doing 70 mph in a 55 mph zone, the driver accelerated from the traffic stop, leading police on a chase. After the officer called for backup and stopped the offender a second time, a teenage male exited the vehicle and physically attacked the officer. The driver exited the vehicle and argued with the police officer and then re-entered the vehicle and ran from this second traffic stop.

Officer Elias Montoya, who had arrived at the scene, attempted to shoot out the left rear tire as the suspect drove off at a high rate of speed, resulting in a second chase, endangering the passengers in the

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minivan, the police and passers-by.

Funny how a few additional words paint an entirely different story. Sad that the police hierarchy has fallen victim (willingly) to political pressure.

Ken Earle

Santa Fe

Politics vs. intervention For the life of me, I cannot understand what so many of our Democratic politicians here have against the reading intervention plan for third-graders. Are these people proud of the fact that New Mexico is now scholastically rated even below Mississippi — which was in 50th place?

New Mexico is churning out students who can’t read or write! What are their prospects for ever getting employed?

What is their future?

Sounds like pure politics to me. I hope the governor wins this battle.

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ladimir Putin’s Olympics, like many of his policies, seem designed to vex and annoy the West.

For the Olympics at least, President Barack Obama has come up with a brilliant response to his Russian counterpart. Her name is Billie Jean King.

Some background: The anti-gay law Russia adopted after winning the right to host the Winter Olympics, which begin in February, clearly violates protections against discrimination enshrined in the games’ charter. The spineless response of the International Olympic Committee was to claim that a law that prohibits “propaganda” in support of gay relationships is not, in fact, discriminatory. Olympic boycotts, meanwhile, have been singularly ineffective at just about everything except hurting the athletes.

What to do? This week the White House announced that neither Obama nor Vice President Joe Biden nor any member of the presidential Cabinet will attend the games in Sochi. In their place will be King and Caitlin Cahow, both accomplished athletes who also happen to be gay.

King, 70, who won 39 Grand Slam titles during her tennis career and coached the U.S. women’s tennis teams to Olympic gold medals in 1996 and 2000, was the first major female athlete to come out in 1981. Cahow, 28, is a two-time Olympic medalist in women’s ice hockey.

Their presence on the delegation, which also includes former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and presidential adviser Rob Nabors, recognizes that the Olympics are about sports — but about politics, too. If they weren’t, countries wouldn’t compete for the right to pay billions of dollars to host the games. At the same time, it’s important to be clear about who this diplomatic gamesmanship — the French and German leaders have also said they will not attend the Winter Olympics — will benefit.

The absence of a few Western leaders taking selfies in the grandstands at Sochi isn’t likely to bother Putin much. Nor will a majority of Russians recognize King or Cahow.

These gestures are first of all important for the countries making them, which like to think they are being consistent about standing up for universal values (even if their own societies only rather recently saw the light on gay rights).

They are also important in letting gay men and lesbians inside Russia know they have international support.

No one, however, should delude themselves that any of this will prompt Putin to repeal any laws. The law against gay propaganda was adopted as part of his concerted effort to create a new Russian identity, defined against European and U.S. values. “Euro-Atlantic countries are actually rejecting their roots, including the Christian values that constitute the basis of Western civilization,” he said a few months ago. “They are implementing policies that equate large families with same-sex partnerships, belief in God with the belief in Satan.”

Putin was obviously playing to his social-conservative base, as do countless politicians in the West. That barely qualifies as noteworthy. But these are the Olympics. Like athletics, human rights are universal. Billie Jean King can make that point without saying a word.

The past 100 years From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Dec. 21, 1913: LOS ANGELES — Representatives of the Socialist Party, Industrial Workers of the World and several other organizations petitioned the City Council today to appropriate at once $50,000 and take steps to provide $5,000 more for public works on which 35,000 idle men can be employed. The council referred the petition to the finance committee, which will meet next Monday.

Dec. 21, 1988: WASHINGTON — Gambling could be the “death knell” for some Indian tribes because it invites organized crime, says the outgoing head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. “It’s going to be one of the most serious issues in Indian Country within five years,” said Ross Swimmer, who plans to resign by mid-January.

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Popular writer loses battle with mental illness

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NEW YORK ed Vizzini, a popular young adult author and television writer who wrote candidly and humorously about his struggles with depression, has committed suicide. He was 32.

Vizzini jumped off the roof of his parents’ home in Brooklyn on Thursday, said his brother, Daniel Vizzini. New York City’s medical examiner’s office confirmed Friday that Vizzini took his own life and had sustained blunt impact injuries consistent with a fall.

Daniel Vizzini said his brother had battled mental illness for much of his life and had “taken a turn for the worse” in recent weeks.

Ned Vizzini’s autobiographical novel It’s Kind of a Funny Story was adapted into a feature film of the same name.

A resident of Los Angeles in recent years, he was a prolific author of fiction and nonfiction and spoke around the country about mental health and the healing effects of writing. On his website, he recommended Andrew Solomon’s The Noonday Demon and the Dalai Lama’s The Art of Happiness to readers coping with depression.

“At his signings, countless kids would approach him to say that he changed their lives — he gave them hope,” his longtime publisher, Alessandra Balzer of Balzer + Bray, said in a statement Friday.

Balzer + Bray is an imprint of HarperCollins.

John Green, Megan McCafferty and Sarah Dessen were among the authors mourning him on Twitter. In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, an emotional Judy Blume called him one of those people “who just touch your life in a certain way.”

“I met him when he was a kid at some sort of get together that [New York City Mayor Mike] Bloomberg was having,” she said. “And he was this incredibly lively young man and I told him, ‘I can’t wait to see what you do.’ ” It’s Kind of a Funny Story, praised by The New York Times as “insightful and utterly authentic,” was written in just a few weeks and published in 2006. Set in New York City, and 85 percent true, according to Vizzini, it told of an ambitious, but overworked high school student who considers jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge and ends up in a psychiatric ward.

“So why am I depressed?” asks narrator Craig Gilner.

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Newsmakers DeGeneres angles for ‘Bridesmaids’ sequel, role

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LOS ANGELES — Ellen DeGeneres wants to be in Bridesmaids 2. The returning Oscar host says she’s working with Bridesmaids director Paul Feig to promote the Academy Awards because she’s angling for a part in the Bridesmaids sequel, even though no such film has been announced.

Feig has demurred about a Bridemaids sequel since the movie’s groundbreaking success in 2011.

Tom Cruise, tabloids settle defamation suit

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LOS ANGELES — The publisher of two tabloid magazines says it never intended to imply that Tom Cruise had abandoned his daughter after his divorce. The statement from Bauer Publishing on Friday accompanied news that Cruise and the tabloids had reached a confidential settlement in a defamation case filed by the actor. Bauer operates Life & Style and In Touch magazines. Cruise sued the magazines over a pair of stories that suggested he had abandoned his daughter Suri after divorcing actress Katie Holmes.

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Noon p.m. on ESPN College Football In and of itself, today’s Gildan New Mexico Bowl between Washington State and Colorado State has little significance outside of giving alumni some good parties to attend. But it does mark the beginning of the 35-game bowl season that culminates with the BCS National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 6.

7 p.m. on ABC I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown!

Nothing can replace the classic A Charlie Brown Christmas, but this 2003 animated special reunites the updated Peanuts gang and the yuletide season.

Linus and Lucy’s little brother, ReRun, needs stress relief. He goes to Snoopy for attention and fun, but the canine has plans that don’t include the boy.

7:30 p.m. on CBS Two and a Half Men Our little half man is growing up. Alan and Walden (Jon Cryer, Ashton Kutcher) get caught in the crossfire when Jake (Angus T. Jones) cheats on his older girlfriend (Jaime Pressly) — with her own daughter (Emily Osment). Scott Bakula also guest stars in “Bazinga!”

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8 p.m. on ABC Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The S.H.I.E.L.D. team is on the trail of a mysterious woman who has committed multiple high-stakes heists all by herself. The revelation of her identity threatens to expose a secret that could ruin Coulson (Clark Gregg, pictured) in “Eye-Spy.” Brett Dalton and Elizabeth Henstridge also star.

9 p.m. on ABC Castle Castle and Beckett’s (Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic) romantic weekend in the Hamptons is interrupted by a dying man falling into their swimming pool. Of course they have to investigate, uncovering a connection to a retired mobster (Don Stark), a corrupt police deputy and a meth smuggling ring. Ryan (Seamus Dever) finds out about Castle and Beckett’s relationship while questioning a suspect in “Murder, He Wrote.”

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know is the chronology.”

A couple of years before the book came out, Blume introduced Vizzini for a segment on the Today show. She was worried by how “subdued” he was compared to when she first met him.

“And later, he wrote It’s Kind of a Funny Story and when I read it, I knew that what had happened to the kid in the book happened to him,” Blume said.

The movie version was released in 2010 and starred Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts and Viola Davis.

Vizzini’s other books include Be More Chill and The Other Normals, both of which told of young people who feel like outsiders. This year, he and filmmaker Chris Columbus debuted a trilogy of young adult fantasy books, House of Secrets. The second installment had been completed and is scheduled for March.

No decisions have been made about the third book, according to his publisher.

Vizzini also was working on the NBC series Believe, a project co-created by J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón. His other TV writing credits include Teen Wolf and Last Resort. A musical adaptation of Be More Chill has been in the works.

Vizzini grew up in Brooklyn and attended one of New York City’s most competitive high schools, Stuyvesant, the basis for the school in It’s Kind of a Funny Story. He had many influences — from Miles Davis to Stephen King — and his writing gift became obvious. As a teenager, an essay he wrote about adolescence was published in The New York Times.

“Although I’m still in the thick of my teenage years, I think I’ve learned a thing or two by now,” he wrote. “And as far as I can tell, being a teenager is just like being a kid, except that you’ve got five extra niggling concerns: sex, money, smoking, drinking and getting into college.”

He did advance, to Hunter College, and by age 19 his first book had been released, Teen Angst? Naaah … A Quasi Autobiography. Over the years, his work appeared in The New Yorker, Salon and the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Asked once why he wanted to be a writer, he responded: “I knew that I wanted to be a writer because I wanted to do something that had the potential to outlast my own death.”

He is survived by his wife and one son.

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Ex-QB Theismann wore Redskins name ‘with pride’

By Will Webber

The New Mexican

ISLETA PUEBLO — As the keynote speaker at Friday’s New Mexico Bowl Kickoff luncheon at the sprawling Isleta Resort and Casino, one of the most famous Washington Redskins of all time was asked

about the ongoing debate over his former team’s nickname.

Joe Theismann, who quarterbacked Washington to a Super Bowl XVII win over Miami, to a 14-2 record and an appearance in the Super Bowl the following season against the Los Angeles Raiders, offered a politically correct answer

to a topic gaining more steam by the minute.

He said he wore the Redskins uniform with pride because, in part, it represented the country’s various Native American tribes.

“When I played for the Washing-

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Keeping the right pace

St. Mike’s big men help in win over SFHS

By Edmundo Carrillo The New Mexican

They will face Tularosa Pojoaque 25 (7-1) in the championship at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Pojoaque falls into the consolation game against Grants at 4.

As the score and stat line of Friday’s game suggest, it wasn’t exactly a thing of beauty.

“We win too many games like

The two oldest schools in Santa Fe looked similar on Friday night except for one small difference: An inside presence.

Guards from both Santa Fe High and St. Michael’s were trading shots in a nondistrict boys basketball game at Perez-Shelley St. Michael’s 53 Gymnasium, but SFHS 43 the Horsemen got the 53-43 win thanks to a big game from their big men.

“They kicked our butt down low in the post,” Santa Fe High head coach David Rodriguez said. “We didn’t get around like we should have and we got into some foul trouble.”

The foul trouble was from 6-foot-4 Demon post Hayden Hargrove, who saw limited minutes against the St. Michael’s posts Justin Flores and Keith Dominguez, leading the way for them to dominate the inside.

“They have two big, strong guys in there,” Rodriguez said. “Hayden on the bench most of the night really hurt us.”

With Hargrove on the bench, the Horsemen (5-1) were free to play to one of their biggest strengths.

“A big part of our game is getting the ball inside and getting quality shots, and that’s what happened throughout the game,” St. Michael’s head coach Ron Geyer said.

Having good post players might be one of the Horsemens’ staples, but according to Flores, who finished the night with seven points, having a good inside game can help the shooters as well.

“Having an inside game helps to open up the outside,” Flores said.

“That’s what helped out tonight.”

The inside game is what helped the Horsemen take control in the second half, but the first half was a bit of a struggle.

The Demons (1-8) kept things close in the first two quarters and even got a three-point lead with 4 minutes, 35 seconds left in the second quarter thanks to a couple of trips to the charity stripe for guard Julio Rivera, who finished with a game-

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Santa Fe Indian School’s Robert Calabaza, left, and Pojoaque Valley’s Darren Montoya dive for a loose ball during the third quarter of Friday’s game during the Ben Luján Tournament at Pojoaque. To see more photos, go to tinyurl.com/k2aquaz. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

Elks struggle with their speed in win over Santa Fe Indian School day and a rematch with reigning Class SFIS 58 AA champion he Pojoaque Valley Elks know Laguna-Acoma at they can run.

8:30 p.m. in Ben Luján Memorial GymWhat they need to demonnasium. The Hawks (7-0) beat Raton strate is they can trot, too.

87-49 in the other semifinal.

The Elks’ desire to run and shoot The Elks (5-2) used its size in the was proving to be their detriment paint to fashion a 48-33 lead early in against Santa Fe Indian School in the the third quarter as they hit four shots boys basketball semifinals of the Ben inside of 10 feet top open the second Luján Tournament on Friday night. half. But the Runnin’ Elks suddenly That negated their obvious size advan- emerged to replace their trottin’ brethtage in the paint over the smaller ren.

Braves. It was up to Pojoaque head SFIS (6-4) took advantage of the coach Joey Trujillo to remind them of pace and went on a 15-0 run that that fact. was bouyed by three-point plays It proved to be more than effective from Robert Calabaza and Christian in a 68-58 win to advance to the tournament championship game on SaturPlease see Pace, Page B-3

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Lady Horsemen get a messy win over Pojoaque

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JACONA — Winning ugly is becoming a thing of beauty for the St. Michael’s girls basketball team.

Holding Pojoaque Valley to a moribund 8-for-42 shooting night, the Lady Horsemen (6-3) advanced to the championship game of the 22nd annual Ben Luján Tournament with a 32-25 victory over Pojoaque Valley on Friday night.

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tions set by those who cover and root he honeymoon is over.

As with every blissful marfor the Lobos are way too high. This riage or burgeonyear’s team, he said, is not an ing relationship, that first extension of whatever haplittle tiff between the happy pened in the past. couple is always the first And that’s exactly the sign that untold dozens of point. This team was supbattles big and small are yet posed to be better, more to come. advanced. If it weren’t, we In Craig Neal’s case, that may as well take our office first break from unicorns pool bracket and scratch out and candydrop rainbows Will Webber UNM’s name after the first came earlier this week when weekend of the NCAA TourCommentary he fired a salvo in the direcnament because that’s what tion of those who dare hold every team in the history of his University of New Mexico men’s Lobo hoops has ever done. basketball team to an ultra high stanWhen Neal sat down with the press, dard. he turned a question about combo UNM’s head coach said the expecta- guard Hugh Greenwood’s ailing right

hand and turned it into a minutes-long diatribe about the lofty expectations placed on his team.

It had obviously been on his mind for a while. He finally had a chance to air his opinion to those who would carry beyond his office walls.

In short, he doesn’t like expectations.

He understands them, but he certainly doesn’t agree.

Welcome to life in the fish bowl, coach.

Since there is no offseason for Lobo basketball, since Lobo hoops is the main attraction for the state’s flagship school, since UNM basketball is the proverbial galactic center of this particular part of space, expectations are just part of life in Loboland.

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Combine that with the six years the school just had under former head coach Steve Alford — four conference championships, 155 wins, three trips to the Big Dance, a $60 million renovation to The Pit — and it’s easy to see why people expect results.

Get us a tougher schedule, they said.

Done.

Find us a quality coach and pay him accordingly. Got it. Several times.

Build us a practice facility to better entice recruits. Mission accomplished.

Spruce up the historic Pit to keep us in line with the best. No problem.

So where are the results? Oh, yeah.

They’ll come this year. With four returning starters, including Mountain West player of the year Kendall Wil-

liams, and two big men likely to earn a paycheck playing ball next year, all the pieces are in place.

Expectations? Try this, coach: 25 to 30 wins, another MWC championship and another trip to the NCAA Tournament. Even — dare we say? — a Sweet 16 appearance.

The law of averages suggest UNM would have gotten to the tournament’s second weekend by now. Lesserknown programs have done a lot more with a whole lot less.

If this year’s Lobos can’t live up to the hype — and the early returns suggest they may not — then maybe Neal was right. Maybe this tiff becomes a raging brawl before season’s end.

Only time will tell.

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GB — 1/2 21/2 3 4 GB — 51/2 71/2 8 12 GB — 9 101/2 111/2 16

atlaNta (118) Carroll 2-7 0-1 4, Millsap 4-10 6-8 14, Horford 11-15 1-3 23, Teague 3-8 3-3 9, Korver 2-5 0-0 6, Brand 2-2 0-0 4, L.Williams 8-13 3-4 25, Mack 3-6 0-0 6, Jenkins 3-8 1-1 7, Scott 3-5 4-4 11, Antic 3-4 0-0 7, Schroder 1-3 0-0 2.

Totals 45-86 18-24 118.

Utah 16 18 24 27—85 atlanta 30 25 30 33—118 3-Point Goals—Utah 3-18 (M.Williams 2-4, Hayward 1-4, Jefferson 0-1, Rush 0-1, Burks 0-1, Garrett 0-1, Lucas III 0-3, Burke 0-3), Atlanta 10-26 (L.Williams 6-10, Korver 2-3, Antic 1-2, Scott 1-3, Teague 0-1, Mack 0-1, Jenkins 0-1, Carroll 0-2, Millsap 0-3).

Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Utah 56 (Kanter 13), Atlanta 53 (Millsap 10).

Assists—Utah 21 (Burks 4), Atlanta 32 (Teague 8). Total Fouls—Utah 17, Atlanta 20. A—11,150 (18,729).

NATIONAL SCOREBOARD No. 21 Gonzaga at Kansas State, 1:30 p.m.

No. 22 UMass vs. Florida State at the BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla., 12 p.m.

No. 23 Missouri vs. Illinois at Scottrade Center, St. Louis, 3:30 p.m.

No. 24 San Diego State vs. McNeese State, 8 p.m. sunday’s Games No. 10 UConn at Washington, 1:30 p.m.

No. 11 Wichita State vs. North Carolina Central, 6 p.m.

No. 12 Baylor vs. Southern U., 3 p.m.

No. 17 Iowa State vs. George Mason at the Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, 3:30 p.m.

No. 25 Iowa vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 12 p.m.

Men’s Division I

Friday’s Games southwest CS Northridge 67, Texas A&M-CC 66 Heat 122, kings 103 south saCRaMeNtO (103) Furman 86, Liberty 83 Western Conference Gay 7-13 0-2 14, Thompson 5-6 1-2 11, Georgia St. 73, Georgia Southern 61 southwest W l Pct GB Cousins 11-15 5-8 27, Thomas 4-11 2-5 Lindsey Wilson 108, WVU Tech 52 San Antonio 21 5 .808 — 11, McLemore 8-13 0-0 20, Williams Samford 75, Jacksonville 58 Houston 17 10 .630 41/2 3-5 1-5 7, Outlaw 2-4 0-0 6, Acy 2-3 1-2 UNC Asheville 83, Va. Intermont 58 Dallas 15 11 .577 6 5, Fredette 0-0 0-0 0, Thornton 1-2 0-0 William & Mary 94, Goucher 60 New Orleans 11 13 .458 9 2, McCallum 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 43-74 Far West Memphis 10 15 .400 101/2 10-24 103.

Idaho 69, Idaho St. 65 Northwest W l Pct GB MIaMI (122) Montana 91, Montana-Western 74 Oklahoma City 21 4 .840 — James 8-11 1-2 18, Battier 3-7 0-0 9, Portland 74, Bradley 53 Portland 22 5 .815 — Bosh 11-16 3-3 25, Chalmers 5-7 5-6 SMU 62, Wyoming 54 Denver 14 11 .560 7 16, Wade 9-16 0-1 20, Allen 8-13 0-0 18, Utah Valley 103, Haskell Indian NaMinnesota 13 14 .481 9 Cole 2-3 0-0 4, Andersen 3-5 0-0 6, Lew- tions 64 Utah 7 22 .241 16 is 2-4 0-0 5, Mason Jr. 0-1 0-0 0, Haslem W. Illinois 61, Troy 58 Pacific W l Pct GB 0-0 0-0 0, Jones 0-0 1-2 1, Anthony 0-0 Midwest L.A. Clippers 18 9 .667 — 0-0 0. Totals 51-83 10-14 122.

Bemidji St. 103, Minn.-Crookston 61 Phoenix 15 10 .600 2 sacramento 36 25 21 21—103 Concordia (Mich.) 104, Olivet 92 Miami 33 34 31 24—122 Indiana 79, Nicholls St. 66 Golden State 14 13 .519 4 3-Point Goals—Sacramento 7-22 Luther 71, Wis.-River Falls 69 L.A. Lakers 13 13 .500 41/2 (McLemore 4-7, Outlaw 2-3, Thomas Minnesota 92, Nebraska-Omaha 79 Sacramento 7 18 .280 10 1-6, Acy 0-1, Williams 0-1, McCallum Minot St. 74, Mary 49 Friday’s Games 0-1, Gay 0-3), Miami 10-23 (Battier Valley City St. 68, Minn.-Morris 67 Philadelphia 121, Brooklyn 120, OT 3-7, Wade 2-3, Allen 2-6, Lewis 1-1, east Cleveland 114, Milwaukee 111, OT Chalmers 1-2, James 1-2, Andersen Albany (NY) 70, Yale 62 Miami 122, Sacramento 103 0-1, Mason Jr. 0-1). Fouled Out—None. American International 80, Post Atlanta 118, Utah 85 Rebounds—Sacramento 38 (Cousins (Conn.) 66 Charlotte 116, Detroit 106 8), Miami 43 (Bosh 8). Assists— Chestnut Hill 72, Stonehill 66 Indiana 114, Houston 81 Sacramento 25 (Thomas 7), Miami 32 Marist 69, Bucknell 51 Toronto 109, Dallas 108, OT (James 8). Total Fouls—Sacramento Syracuse 75, High Point 54 Phoenix 103, Denver 102 16, Miami 16. A—19,600 (19,600). tournament L.A. Lakers 104, Minnesota 91 BVI tropical shootout Pacers 114, Rockets 81 thursday’s Games First Round HOUstON (81) Oklahoma City 107, Chicago 95 Southern Miss. 88, Coppin St. 74 Parsons 6-8 2-6 14, Jones 4-8 1-3 10, San Antonio 104, Golden State 102 UALR 75, Jacksonville St. 70 Howard 9-16 1-3 19, Beverley 3-5 2-2 saturday’s Games Women’s top 25 8, Harden 3-14 5-6 12, Casspi 1-10 0-0 Memphis at New York, 10 a.m.

Friday’s Games 3, Brooks 0-7 1-2 1, Garcia 2-6 0-0 5, Washington at Boston, 11 a.m.

No. 10 South Carolina 69 Winthrop 61 Smith 3-6 0-0 6, Motiejunas 1-3 1-2 3, Sacramento at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Brewer 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-84 13-24 81. N.C. State 89, No. 12 LSU 79 Houston at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

No. 24 Florida State 73, Pacific 66 INDIaNa (114) Utah at Charlotte, 5:30 p.m. thursday’s Games George 7-16 7-8 24, West 6-8 0-0 12, Cleveland at Chicago, 6 p.m.

No. 2 Duke 80 Albany (N.Y.) 51 Hibbert 3-8 3-6 9, G.Hill 5-8 0-0 12, Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m.

No. 13 Oklahoma St. 63 Michigan St. 57 Stephenson 7-16 0-0 16, Granger 1-7 Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 6:30 No. 23 Syracuse 80 Niagara 44 2-2 5, Scola 5-7 2-2 13, Watson 3-3 0-2 p.m. saturday’s Games 8, Mahinmi 4-4 2-2 10, Butler 0-1 0-0 Dallas at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

No. 3 Tennessee at No. 6 Stanford, 0, Copeland 1-1 0-0 3, Sloan 1-1 0-0 2, New Orleans at Portland, 8 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

Johnson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 43-81 16-22 L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

No. 7 Louisville vs. No. 11 Colorado, 114.

Denver at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

11 a.m.

Houston 20 25 20 16—81 sunday’s Games No. 13 Oklahoma State at Georgia Indiana 25 31 31 27—114 Boston at Indiana, 4 p.m.

Tech, 3 p.m.

3-Point Goals—Houston 4-22 (Jones Toronto at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

No. 14 North Carolina vs. High Point, 1-3, Garcia 1-4, Harden 1-5, Casspi Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

11 a.m.

1-7, Brooks 0-1, Parsons 0-1, Beverley Bobcats 116, Pistons 106 No. 16 Georgia at Rutgers, 12 p.m.

0-1), Indiana 12-26 (George 3-7, CHaRlOtte (116) No. 19 Nebraska vs. South Dakota, Watson 2-2, G.Hill 2-4, Stephenson Taylor 0-0 0-0 0, McRoberts 1-3 0-0 2, 1:30 p.m.

2-5, Scola 1-1, Copeland 1-1, Granger Jefferson 11-24 2-3 24, Walker 12-17 No. 20 Oklahoma at Marist, 5 p.m.

1-4, Johnson 0-1, Butler 0-1). Fouled 9-9 34, Henderson 8-13 6-7 22, Tolliver No. 22 Iowa vs. Drake, 3 p.m.

Out—None. Rebounds—Houston 46 No. 23 Syracuse vs. Saint Joseph’s, (Howard 12), Indiana 61 (George 9).

1-4 0-0 3, Zeller 3-7 0-0 6, Sessions Assists—Houston 10 (Parsons, Harden, 11 a.m.

3-7 4-4 10, Biyombo 1-1 1-2 3, Gordon Howard 2), Indiana 29 (Stephenson 6). No. 25 Gonzaga at Washington State, 3-7 3-3 10, Douglas-Roberts 1-1 0-0 2.

12:30 p.m.

Total Fouls—Houston 18, Indiana 21.

Totals 44-84 25-28 116. sunday’s Games A—18,165 (18,165).

DetROIt (106) Smith 8-20 1-2 18, Monroe 5-9 3-4 13, Raptors 109, Mavericks 108, Ot No. 1 UConn vs. No. 21 California at Madison Square Garden, 11:30 a.m.

Drummond 7-13 0-2 14, Jennings 10-20 tORONtO (109) No. 2 Duke at No. 5 Kentucky, 1 p.m.

3-5 26, Caldwell-Pope 1-2 2-2 5, Singler Ross 5-9 2-2 15, Johnson 5-8 4-6 15, 3-7 1-2 10, Billups 1-4 0-0 3, Harrellson Valanciunas 8-13 2-2 18, Lowry 7-16 3-3 No. 4 Notre Dame vs. Central Michigan, 12 p.m.

20, DeRozan 6-18 2-3 15, Salmons 2-7 5-9 0-0 12, Bynum 2-6 0-0 5. Totals 420-0 5, Patterson 3-8 1-2 7, Vasquez 6-11 No. 10 South Carolina vs. South Caro90 10-17 106. lina State, 11 a.m.

0-0 14, Hansbrough 0-0 0-0 0, Hayes Charlotte 22 22 31 41—116 No. 17 Penn State vs. Alcorn State, 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 42-91 14-18 109.

Detroit 31 28 30 17—106 9 a.m.

3-Point Goals—Charlotte 3-10 (Gordon Dallas (108) 1-2, Walker 1-2, Tolliver 1-3, McRoberts Marion 7-14 0-0 14, Nowitzki 10-22 0-1 No. 18 Purdue vs. Bowling Green, 10 a.m.

22, Blair 2-4 0-0 4, Calderon 8-13 0-0 0-1, Sessions 0-2), Detroit 12-23 (SinWomen’s Division I 23, Ellis 9-19 3-3 21, Carter 0-1 0-0 0, gler 3-4, Jennings 3-7, Harrellson 2-3, Friday’s Games Crowder 2-4 0-0 5, Wright 5-8 3-6 13, Bynum 1-1, Caldwell-Pope 1-2, Smith southwest 1-3, Billups 1-3). Fouled Out—None. Re- Larkin 2-4 0-0 4, Dalembert 1-2 0-0 2.

Arkansas 79, Tennessee Tech 53 Totals 46-91 6-10 108. bounds—Charlotte 48 (Jefferson 14), Georgia Tech 102, UTEP 77 toronto 22 27 29 23 8—109 Detroit 50 (Drummond 15). Assists— Houston 67, Rice 54 33 19 29 20 7—108 Charlotte 19 (McRoberts 7), Detroit 18 Dallas 3-Point Goals—Toronto 11-21 (Ross 3-4, TCU 78, Sam Houston St. 46 (Jennings 5). Total Fouls—Charlotte Texas 90, Northwestern St. 60 Lowry 3-7, Vasquez 2-4, Salmons 1-1, 17, Detroit 17. Technicals—Charlotte Texas Tech 62, Jacksonville 48 DeRozan 1-2, Johnson 1-2, Patterson defensive three second, Harrellson, south 0-1), Dallas 10-21 (Calderon 7-10, Detroit defensive three second.

Alabama 113, Troy 105, OT Nowitzki 2-6, Crowder 1-2, Larkin A—12,453 (22,076).

College of NJ 60, Emory & Henry 49 0-1, Marion 0-2). Fouled Out—None.

Cavaliers 114, Bucks 111, Ot Rebounds—Toronto 49 (Valanciunas E. Illinois 57, Georgia Southern 50 MIlWaUkee (111) East Carolina 76, Ohio 47 13), Dallas 53 (Nowitzki, Marion 9).

Middleton 5-15 0-0 14, Henson 7-12 4-4 Assists—Toronto 17 (DeRozan 9), DalElon 56, Campbell 49 18, Raduljica 2-6 3-5 7, Knight 6-20 4-4 las 31 (Ellis 11). Total Fouls—Toronto Florida Gulf Coast 75, St. Francis 17, Antetokounmpo 2-4 1-2 6, Mayo (Pa.) 68 14, Dallas 17. A—19,406 (19,200).

6-21 5-6 20, Wolters 3-7 2-2 8, Udoh lakers 104, timberwolves 91 Georgia College 75, Tuskegee 48 4-7 2-2 10, Ridnour 5-8 0-0 11. Totals Lenoir-Rhyne 75, Lander 54 MINNesOta (91) 40-100 21-25 111.

Brewer 0-8 5-6 5, Love 9-18 5-5 25, Pek- Louisiana Tech 50, UALR 39 CleVelaND (114) ovic 7-18 8-12 22, Rubio 3-8 0-0 6, Mar- Memphis 91, Ark.-Pine Bluff 45 Miles 4-8 4-4 15, Thompson 4-12 2-3 tin 6-16 2-2 14, Shved 1-7 0-0 3, Mbah a Mercer 59, Alabama St. 54 10, Bynum 3-14 2-2 8, Irving 13-25 Moute 2-3 0-0 4, Cunningham 2-7 0-0 4, Mississippi St. 109, SE Louisiana 57 NC State 89, LSU 79 11-12 39, Gee 1-7 2-2 4, Varejao 2-6 1-1 Barea 3-9 0-0 8, Price 0-0 0-0 0, Dieng Nicholls St. 73, Bethune-Cookman 56 5, Jack 6-17 3-3 17, Dellavedova 1-3 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-95 20-25 91.

Norfolk St. 116, Va. Lynchburg 40 0-0 2, Clark 5-8 0-0 14. Totals 39-100 l.a. lakeRs (104) North Florida 61, Air Force 40 25-27 114.

Johnson 3-8 0-0 6, Hill 2-2 0-0 4, Gasol Milwaukee 26 21 23 26 15—111 10-15 0-0 21, Henry 8-19 4-6 21, Meeks S. Indiana 90, Trevecca Nazarene 64 South Carolina 69, Winthrop 61 Cleveland 25 22 23 26 18—114 6-10 4-4 17, Kaman 3-6 0-0 6, Young Spring Hill 67, Lindsey Wilson 64 3-Point Goals—Milwaukee 10-29 9-14 3-3 25, Sacre 1-3 0-0 2, Williams St. Augustine’s 74, Ursuline 65 (Middleton 4-7, Mayo 3-11, Antetok0-1 2-2 2. Totals 42-78 13-15 104.

Stetson 103, Murray St. 72 ounmpo 1-2, Ridnour 1-4, Knight 1-5), Minnesota 26 27 23 15—91 Tulane 79, Virginia 72, OT Cleveland 11-28 (Clark 4-6, Miles l.a. lakers 35 16 30 23—104 3-Point Goals—Minnesota 5-22 (Barea UNC Pembroke 74, Limestone 61 3-4, Jack 2-4, Irving 2-7, Dellavedova W. Kentucky 66, Belmont 46 2-5, Love 2-7, Shved 1-4, Rubio 0-1, 0-2, Gee 0-5). Fouled Out—None.

Wake Forest 92, South Alabama 66 Rebounds—Milwaukee 64 (Knight 14), Martin 0-2, Brewer 0-3), L.A. Lakers William Smith 65, Buffalo St. 60 Cleveland 63 (Thompson 15). Assists— 7-19 (Young 4-6, Gasol 1-1, Henry 1-3, Meeks 1-5, Williams 0-1, Johnson 0-3). Far West Milwaukee 22 (Knight 8), Cleveland Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Minne- DePaul 73, Washington 66 18 (Irving 6). Total Fouls—Milwaukee E. Washington 81, Boise St. 66 23, Cleveland 22. Technicals—Henson, sota 59 (Pekovic, Love 13), L.A. Lakers Montana St. 50, Carroll (Mont.) 36 46 (Gasol 13). Assists—Minnesota 21 Varejao. A—19,058 (20,562).

Oregon St. 68, UNLV 60 (Rubio 7), L.A. Lakers 27 (Gasol 8).

76ers 121, Nets 120, Ot Total Fouls—Minnesota 16, L.A. Lakers Pittsburgh 76, Louisiana-Monroe 61 BROOklYN (120) San Diego 79, UC Irvine 55 19. A—18,997 (18,997).

Pierce 7-9 6-6 24, Teletovic 6-13 0-0 18, Utah Valley 59, Idaho St. 56 NBa leaders Lopez 9-19 4-7 22, D.Williams 5-12 7-11 Midwest through Dec. 19 17, A.Anderson 9-17 3-4 26, Blatche Akron 86, Rochester (Mich.) 43 scoring G FG Ft Pts aVG 3-10 0-0 6, Plumlee 1-2 1-2 3, LivingsBemidji St. 75, Minn.-Crookston 66 Durant, OKC 25 230 213 718 28.7 ton 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 42-85 21-30 120.

Bethany Lutheran 58, Marantha Anthony, NYK 25 233 159 660 26.4 PHIlaDelPHIa (121) Baptist 55 Love, MIN 25 207 153 630 25.2 Turner 13-22 2-3 29, Young 11-18 0-0 Cardinal Stritch 64, Concordia (Mich.)

James, MIA 25 228 144 630 25.2 25, Hawes 3-14 2-4 10, Carter-Williams 58 Curry, GOL 24 205 98 589 24.5 5-13 5-7 15, Thompson 3-4 0-0 7, Chicago St. 55, S. Illinois 51 Harden, HOU 22 165 163 537 24.4 Franklin 89, Alma 59 Allen 5-7 0-0 10, Wroten 8-17 1-1 19, George, IND 25 202 127 596 23.8 Marquette 71, Denver 54 J.Anderson 1-3 0-0 2, Davies 2-2 0-0 4.

Aldridge, POR 27 260 109 629 23.3 Michigan 83, Southern U. 59 Totals 51-100 10-15 121.

Cousins, SAC 23 191 139 521 22.7 Michigan St. 67, Georgetown 54 Brooklyn 31 26 26 25 12—120 NCaa Minot St. 82, Mary 74 Philadelphia 29 31 22 26 13—121 Men’s top 25 Ohio St. 52, Appalachian St. 38 3-Point Goals—Brooklyn 15-33 (TeleFriday’s Game Olivet Nazarene 148, Madonna 102 tovic 6-11, A.Anderson 5-11, Pierce No. 2 Syracuse 75, High Point 54 St. Bonaventure 61, Kent St. 44 4-6, Blatche 0-1, D.Williams 0-4), thursday’s Games UCLA 58, Minnesota 55 Philadelphia 9-29 (Young 3-3, Hawes Valley City St. 70, Minn.-Morris 57 2-7, Wroten 2-8, Thompson 1-2, Turner No. 1 Arizona 69 Southern Univ. 43 No. 8 Duke 80 UCLA 63 east 1-4, Allen 0-1, Carter-Williams 0-2, saturday’s Games Merrimack 80, Nyack 42 J.Anderson 0-2). Fouled Out—None.

No. 3 Ohio State vs. Notre Dame at New Haven 74, St. Michael’s 66 Rebounds—Brooklyn 46 (Pierce Madison Square Garden, 5:30 p.m.

St. Francis (NY) 74, Lafayette 52 10), Philadelphia 60 (Turner 10).

No. 5 Michigan State at Texas, 2 p.m. tournament Assists—Brooklyn 36 (D.Williams 14), No. 6 Louisville at Florida InternaBeach Classic Philadelphia 36 (Carter-Williams 10). tional, 4 p.m.

First Round Total Fouls—Brooklyn 18, Philadelphia No. 7 Oklahoma State vs. No. 20 ColoLong Beach St. 73, Richmond 61 21. Technicals—Brooklyn defensive rado at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Christmas City Classic three second, Philadelphia defensive Las Vegas, 9:30 p.m.

First Round three second. A—15,267 (20,328).

No. 8 Villanova vs. Rider, 2 p.m.

Delaware 69, Youngstown St. 48 Hawks 118, Jazz 85 No. 13 Oregon vs. BYU, 8:30 p.m.

Lehigh 87, Vermont 78 UtaH (85) No. 14 North Carolina vs. Davidson, Gator Holiday Classic Jefferson 3-4 2-2 8, M.Williams 2-7 0-0 3 p.m.

First Round 6, Favors 3-7 0-0 6, Burke 1-8 0-0 2, No. 15 Memphis vs. Southeast MisFIU 84, La Salle 58 Hayward 4-14 2-2 11, Burks 6-12 1-2 souri State, 6 p.m.

Florida 86, Tennessee St. 56 13, Garrett 0-1 0-0 0, Kanter 5-11 3-5 No. 16 Florida vs. Fresno State at the Wright state Invitational 13, Evans 4-10 2-2 10, Rush 0-4 0-0 0, BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla., 2:30 p.m.

First Round Lucas III 4-13 0-0 8, Harris 3-3 2-2 8.

No. 18 Kansas vs. Georgetown, 10 a.m. Bradley 87, Lipscomb 85 Totals 35-94 12-15 85.

No. 19 Kentucky vs. Belmont, 10 a.m.

Wright St. 90, Gardner-Webb 77

HOCKEY HOCkeY

NHl eastern Conference

atlantic GP W Boston 35 23 Tampa Bay 35 21 Montreal 37 21 Detroit 37 16 Toronto 37 18 Ottawa 37 14 Florida 37 14 Buffalo 35 9 Metro GP W Pittsburgh 37 26 Washington 35 19 Philadelphia35 16 Carolina 35 14 New Jersey 36 14 N.Y. Rangers36 16 Columbus 35 14 N.Y. Islanders36 10

l Ol Pts GFGa 10 2 48 96 74 11 3 45 97 84 13 3 45 92 81 12 9 41 94101 16 3 39 101106 17 6 34 103122 18 5 33 87117 23 3 21 63100 l Ol Pts GFGa 10 1 53 117 80 13 3 41 111104 15 4 36 86 97 14 7 35 81 98 15 7 35 85 90 18 2 34 82100 17 4 32 91100 19 7 27 90124

Western Conference

Central GP W l Ol Pts GFGa Chicago 38 25 7 6 56 140105 St. Louis 34 23 7 4 50 119 81 Colorado 34 23 10 1 47 100 80 Minnesota 37 20 12 5 45 86 88 Dallas 34 17 12 5 39 99102 Winnipeg 37 16 16 5 37 100108 Nashville 35 16 16 3 35 80 99 Pacific GP W l Ol Pts GFGa Anaheim 37 25 7 5 55 119 93 Los Angeles 36 24 8 4 52 101 69 San Jose 35 21 8 6 48 113 88 Vancouver 38 21 11 6 48 104 92 Phoenix 34 18 10 6 42 106105 Calgary 35 13 16 6 32 88111 Edmonton 37 11 23 3 25 95127 Friday’s Games Vancouver 3, Chicago 2, SO Anaheim 3, New Jersey 2, OT N.Y. Islanders 5, N.Y. Rangers 3 Washington 4, Carolina 2 Winnipeg 5, Florida 2 thursday’s Games Toronto 2, Phoenix 1, SO Buffalo 4, Boston 2 Philadelphia 5, Columbus 4 Pittsburgh 5, Minnesota 2 Florida 4, Ottawa 2 Detroit 3, Calgary 2, OT Tampa Bay 4, Nashville 2 St. Louis 5, Montreal 1 Dallas 4, Vancouver 1 Colorado 4, Edmonton 2 Los Angeles 4, San Jose 1 saturday’s Games Calgary at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Phoenix at Ottawa, 12 p.m.

Colorado at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.

New Jersey at Washington, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Boston, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Dallas at San Jose, 8:30 p.m. sunday’s Games Minnesota at N.Y. Rangers, 5:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Vancouver, 6 p.m.

Ducks 3, Devils 2, Ot

anaheim 0 1 1 1—3 New Jersey 0 1 1 0—2 First Period—None. Penalties—Koivu, Ana (tripping), 7:04; Schneider, NJ, served by Jagr (delay of game), 9:27; Gionta, NJ (hooking), 17:50. second Period—1, New Jersey, Ryder 10 (Henrique), 4:15. 2, Anaheim, Fowler 4 (Lovejoy, Selanne), 14:06.

Penalties—Lindholm, Ana (holding), 10:47; New Jersey bench, served by Loktionov (too many men), 16:06. third Period—3, Anaheim, Perreault 6 (Palmieri, Selanne), 10:47. 4, New Jersey, Greene 5 (Jagr, T.Zajac), 14:58 (pp). Penalties—Fayne, NJ (interference), 3:24; Fistric, Ana (interference), 14:13.

Overtime—5, Anaheim, Palmieri 5 (Perreault, Fowler), 2:37. Penalties— None. shots on Goal—Anaheim 9-10-4-1—24.

New Jersey 8-8-5-0—21.

Power-play opportunities—Anaheim 0 of 4; New Jersey 1 of 3.

Goalies—Anaheim, Hiller 15-4-4 (21 shots-19 saves). New Jersey, Schneider 4-7-5 (24-21). a—15,723 (17,625). t—2:28.

Islanders 5, Rangers 3

N.Y. Islanders 2 1 2—5 N.Y. Rangers 1 2 0—3 First Period—1, N.Y. Islanders, Clutterbuck 4 (penalty shot), 14:42 (sh). 2, N.Y. Islanders, Grabner 3, 17:09 (sh). 3, N.Y. Rangers, Pouliot 4 (Kreider, Brassard), 17:39 (pp). Penalties—Boulton, NYI (unsportsmanlike conduct), 7:08; MacDonald, NYI (high-sticking), 14:23; Carkner, NYI (holding), 16:42. second Period—4, N.Y. Rangers, Dorsett 3 (D.Moore, Stralman), 3:00. 5, N.Y. Rangers, Stepan 7 (Nash, Zuccarello), 7:58 (pp). 6, N.Y. Islanders, Strait 1 (Bailey, Strome), 11:26. Penalties— Clutterbuck, NYI (cross-checking), 6:40; Stralman, NYR (hooking), 9:20; Kreider, NYR (interference), 19:24. third Period—7, N.Y. Islanders, Vanek 11 (Okposo, MacDonald), 1:18 (pp).

8, N.Y. Islanders, Grabner 4 (Nielsen, Hamonic), 19:09 (en). Penalties—Girardi, NYR (interference), :42; Hamonic, NYI (roughing), 2:56; Boyle, NYR (roughing), 2:56; Strome, NYI (hooking), 3:31; Del Zotto, NYR (charging), 10:53; Cizikas, NYI (kneeing), 13:38; Bailey, NYI (boarding), 17:08. shots on Goal—N.Y. Islanders 7-76—20. N.Y. Rangers 9-7-8—24.

Power-play opportunities—N.Y. Islanders 1 of 4; N.Y. Rangers 2 of 7.

Goalies—N.Y. Islanders, Nabokov 6-5-5 (24 shots-21 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist 10-15-2 (19-15). a—18,006 (18,006). t—2:26.

Capitals 4, Hurricanes 2

Washington 0 3 1—4 Carolina 1 1 0—2 First Period—1, Carolina, Jo.Staal 8 (Semin, Faulk), 17:12. Penalties—E. Staal, Car (interference), 5:54; Alzner, Was (holding stick), 11:12; E.Staal, Car (high-sticking), 19:40. second Period—2, Washington, Johansson 5 (Backstrom, Ovechkin), :41 (pp). 3, Washington, Carlson 7 (Backstrom, Brouwer), 8:34 (pp). 4, Carolina, Nash 4 (Sekera, Gerbe), 11:16 (pp). 5, Washington, Brouwer 7 (Green, Backstrom), 15:29 (pp). Penalties— Backstrom, Was (interference), 3:17; Ruutu, Car (holding), 8:19; Alzner, Was (delay of game), 10:34; Semin, Car (tripping), 14:11. third Period—6, Washington, Ovechkin 29 (Backstrom, Erat), 19:35 (en).

Penalties—Brouwer, Was (tripping), :28; Erskine, Was (roughing), 9:41; Gleason, Car (roughing), 9:41; Carlson, Was (hooking), 15:10. shots on Goal—Washington 10-910—29. Carolina 13-15-13—41.

Power-play opportunities—Washington 3 of 4; Carolina 1 of 5.

Goalies—Washington, Grubauer 4-0-1 (41 shots-39 saves). Carolina, C.Ward 5-6-5 (28-25). a—17,737 (18,680). t—2:26.

Canucks 3, Blackhawks 2, sO

Vancouver 0 1 1 0—3 Chicago 1 1 0 0—2 Vancouver won shootout 2-1 First Period—1, Chicago, Versteeg 7 (Kane, Handzus), 7:49. Penalties— Weber, Van (holding), 15:55; Bollig, Chi (interference), 18:39. second Period—2, Chicago, Kane 21 (Rozsival, Oduya), 4:57. 3, Vancouver, Kassian 7 (Garrison), 8:19. Penalties— Rozsival, Chi (cross-checking), 2:24; Garrison, Van (tripping), 13:53; Chicago bench, served by Bickell (too many men), 16:06; Kesler, Van (tripping), 18:14. third Period—4, Vancouver, D.Sedin 12 (Bieksa, H.Sedin), 10:48. Penalties— Hjalmarsson, Chi (delay of game), 4:15; Kesler, Van (tripping), 12:08.

Overtime—None. Penalties—None. shootout—Vancouver 2 (Santorelli G, D.Sedin NG, H.Sedin NG, Kassian NG, Weber NG, Booth NG, Dalpe NG, Kesler G), Chicago 1 (Kane NG, Toews NG, Sharp G, Hossa NG, Saad NG, Smith NG, Versteeg NG, Handzus NG). shots on Goal—Vancouver 3-14-61—24. Chicago 10-7-8-1—26.

Power-play opportunities—Vancouver 0 of 4; Chicago 0 of 4.

Goalies—Vancouver, Lack 5-2-0 (26 shots-24 saves). Chicago, Raanta 7-1-2 (24-22). a—21,966 (19,717). t—2:36.

Referees—Chris Lee, Mike Hasenfratz. linesmen—Ryan Galloway, Jay Sharrers.

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Arizona 9 5 0 .643 342 291 4, Winnipeg, Wheeler 12 (Bogosian, St. Louis 6 8 0 .429 316 324 Trouba), 15:57 (pp). Penalties—Barch, x-clinched playoff spot Fla, major (fighting), 2:33; Thorburn, y-clinched division Wpg, major (fighting), 2:33; Kane, sunday, Dec. 22 Wpg (high-sticking), 4:57; Upshall, Fla Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 11 a.m. (diving), 8:37; Kane, Wpg (roughing), Indianapolis at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

8:37; Bergenheim, Fla (roughing), 9:21; Denver at Houston, 11 a.m.

Gudbranson, Fla (roughing), 9:21; Miami at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Ladd, Wpg (roughing), 9:21; Wheeler, New Orleans at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Wpg (slashing), 9:39; Kulikov, Fla Dallas at Washington, 11 a.m. (interference), 14:02; Goc, Fla (highCleveland at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m. sticking), 14:26.

Minnesota at Cincinnati, 11 a.m. second Period—5, Winnipeg, Kane Tennessee at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

9 (Frolik, Scheifele), 1:03. 6, Florida, Arizona at Seattle, 2:05 p.m.

Bjugstad 7, 5:55. 7, Winnipeg, Frolik 9 N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 2:05 p.m.

(Ladd, Byfuglien), 17:53. Penalties— Oakland at San Diego, 2:25 p.m.

Upshall, Fla (high-sticking), 19:02.

Pittsburgh at Green Bay, 2:25 p.m. third Period—None. Penalties—Pardy, New England at Baltimore, 2:25 p.m.

Wpg (interference), 10:34; Upshall, Fla Chicago at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m. (roughing), 19:33; Kane, Wpg, double Monday, Dec. 23 minor (roughing), 19:33.

Atlanta at San Francisco, 6:40 p.m. shots on Goal—Florida 9-5-9—23. Winsunday, Dec. 29 nipeg 13-9-10—32.

Power-play opportunities—Florida 0 of Green Bay at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Houston at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

3; Winnipeg 2 of 4.

Goalies—Florida, Markstrom 1-6-3 (32 Philadelphia at Dallas, 11 a.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 11 a.m. shots-27 saves). Winnipeg, Pavelec Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 11 a.m.

11-14-4 (23-21).

Carolina at Atlanta, 11 a.m. a—15,004 (15,004). t—2:31.

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Referees—Brian Pochmara, Francois Washington at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

St. Laurent. linesmen—Steve Miller, Baltimore at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Lonnie Cameron.

Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

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

Buffalo at New England, 11 a.m.

Denver at Oakland, 2:25 p.m.

Kansas City at San Diego, 2:25 p.m.

BaseBall MLB — Suspended Baltimore LHP Troy St. Louis at Seattle, 2:25 p.m.

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

Patton 25 games, without pay, after testing positive for an amphetamine NCaa in violation of Major League Baseball’s Upcoming FBs Bowls Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment saturday’s Games Program.

New Mexico Bowl at albuquerque american league Washington State (6-6) vs. Colorado BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to State (7-6), 12 p.m. (ESPN) terms with OF Xavier Paul on a minor las Vegas Bowl league contract.

Fresno State (11-1) vs. Southern Cal OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Claimed C (9-4), 3:30 p.m. (ABC) Chris Gimenez off waivers from the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Tampa Bay. Agreed to terms with 1B at Boise, Idaho Daric Barton on a one-year contract.

Buffalo (8-4) vs. San Diego State (7-5), Released LHP Pedro Figueroa.

3:30 p.m. (ESPN) TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms New Orleans Bowl with INF Kensuke Tanaka, LHP Ryan Tulane (7-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Feierabend and RHP Daniel Mc(8-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Cutchen on minor league contracts.

Monday’s Game National league Beef ’O’ Brady’s Bowl ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed at st. Petersburg, Fla. to terms with INF Eric Chavez on Ohio (7-5) vs. East Carolina (9-3), 12 a one-year contract and RHP Brad p.m. (ESPN) Ziegler on a two-year contract. tuesday, Dec. 24 CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms Hawaii Bowl at Honolulu with LHPs Jonathan Sanchez, Oregon State (6-6) vs. Boise State Tsuyoshi Wada and Tommy Hottovy (8-4), 6 p.m. (ESPN) and OF Mitch Maier on minor league thursday, Dec. 26 contracts. little Caesars Pizza Bowl at Detroit CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms Bowling Green (10-3) vs. Pittsburgh with RHPs Jose Diaz and Chien-Ming (6-6), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Wang, LHP Lee Hyde, Cs Corky Miller, Poinsettia Bowl at san Diego Rossmel Perez and Max Ramirez, INFs Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Utah State Argenis Diaz, Reynaldo Navarro and (8-5), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Kristopher Negron, and OF Jason Bour- Friday, Dec. 27 geois on minor league contracts.

Military Bowl at annapolis, Md. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — DesignatMarshall (9-4) vs. Maryland (7-5), ed LHP Eric Surkamp for assignment.

12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Added RHP Ryan Vogelsong to the texas Bowl at Houston 40-man roster.

Minnesota (8-4) vs. Syracuse (6-6), 4 Frontier league p.m. (ESPN) ROCKFORD AVIATORS — Exercised the Fight Hunger Bowl at san Francisco 2014 contract options on LHP Jesus BYU (8-4) vs. Washington (8-4), 7:30 Del Rosario, RHP Stayton Thomas, and p.m. (ESPN) INF Matt Greener. Declined the opsaturday, Dec. 28 tions on LHPs Jon Gulbransen and Alex Pinstripe Bowl at New York Szymanski, RHPs Derrick Stultz and Notre Dame (8-4) vs. Rutgers (6-6), 10 Skye Severns, and INF Carlos Luciano. a.m. (ESPN) WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Signed Belk Bowl at Charlotte, N.C. OF Jayce Ray to a contract extension.

Cincinnati (9-3) vs. North Carolina Exercised the 2014 contract options on (6-6), 1:20 p.m. (ESPN) RHPs Colin O’Connell, Jason Mitchell, Russell athletic Bowl at Orlando, Fla. Wes Torres, Andy Mee, and Brian OliMiami (9-3) vs. Louisville (11-1), 4:45 ver, Cs Zach Aakhus and Adam Davis, p.m. (ESPN) INFs Chase Tucker and Jairo Perez, Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl OFs Chad Cergar, Kyle Robinson, and at tempe, ariz.

Nathan Pittman. Declined the options Kansas State (7-5) vs. Michigan (7-5), on RHP Travis Strong and INF Miles 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) Walding.

Monday, Dec. 30 BasketBall armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, texas National Basketball Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Navy (8-4), association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Assigned 9:45 a.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl at Nashville, tenn.

G Nemanja Nedovic to Santa Cruz Mississippi (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (NBADL).

(7-5), 1:15 p.m. (ESPN) LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Signed G alamo Bowl at san antonio Kendall Marshall.

Oregon (10-2) vs. Texas (8-4), 4:45 p.m.

FOOtBall (ESPN) National Football league Holiday Bowl at san Diego NFL — Fined Philadelphia QB Nick Arizona State (10-3) vs. Texas Tech Foles $10,000 for an illegal peel(7-5), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) back block on Minnesota LB Erin tuesday, Dec. 31 Henderson; Arizona LB Marcus Benard advoCare V100 Bowl $15,750 for roughing the passer on a at shreveport, la. hit on Tennessee QB Ryan Fitzpatrick; Arizona (7-5) vs. Boston College (7-5), Cardinals LB Daryl Washington $5,000 10:30 a.m. (ESPN) for unsportsmanlike conduct and Ten- sun Bowl at el Paso, texas nesse DE Kamerion Wimbley $10,000 Virginia Tech (8-4) vs. UCLA (9-3), 12 for hitting Arizona QB Carson Palmer p.m. (CBS) in the knee area in games last week. liberty Bowl at Memphis, tenn.

HOCkeY Rice (9-3) vs. Mississippi State (6-6), 2 p.m. (ESPN) National Hockey league Chick-fil-a Bowl at atlanta COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — ActiTexas A&M (8-4) vs. Duke (10-3), 6 vated F Marian Gaborik and D James p.m. (ESPN) Wisniewski from injured reserve.

DALLAS STARS — Placed D Aaron Rome on injured reserve, retroactive FCs Playoffs to Dec. 16. semifinals Friday’s Game NCaa North Dakota State 52, New HampALABAMA — Suspended junior LB shire 14 Xzavier Dickson and freshman RB saturday’s Game Alvin Kamara from the football team and neither will play in the Sugar Bowl Towson (12-2) at Eastern Washington (12-2), 12 p.m. on Jan. 2.

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Pace: Coach told them to ‘keep driving’ Continued from Page B-1 Velarde and an aggressive defense that forced five Pojoaque turnovers. Of course, Trujillo felt his team helped.

“We didn’t pass the ball very well,” Trujillo said. “We had about 24 turnovers, and if we do that against Laguna-Acoma, they’ll beat us by 40 points.”

When Vijay Candelaria hit a baseline jumper with 2:04 left in the third quarter, the score was tied at 48. Braves head coach Zack Cole praised his team’s effort to come back, but the effort to get back into the game took a toll. He pointed to Pojoaque’s 20-7 run to close out the first half, which erased a 20-19 Braves lead and give Pojoaque a 39-27 edge.

“We’ve been emphasizing, ‘Stay in the game, stay in the game,’ ” Cole said. “We know we’re going to go on a run, but if the game is even when we go on the run, the advantage is to us. When we let teams gap us, when we go on the run, we just tie the score. Then we’re kind of exhausted and tired.”

And the Elks remembered their biggest attribute.

“Coach said to keep driving, keep going inside and keep that up,” senior forward John Ainsworth said.

The Elks’ response began with a 3-pointer, curiously enough, by Adan Lopez, but he followed that with a nice up-and-under move in the paint for a 53-48

lead. Jereme Santistevan hit a short jumper to open the fourth, and Mathew Herrera drove in from the left wing for a bucket and it was 57-48 with 6:56 left.

SFIS had its chances to add some drama, but Candelaria missed a free throw after scoring off the glass with 2:39 to go, which kept the score at 59-53. Then Ainsworth got his defender to bite on a fake and he scooted in for a bank shot for 61-53. He raced downcourt to steal the inbounds pass, which then led to a pair of free throws for Santistevan for 63-53 with 1:45 to go.

Cole lamented the missed opportunities, but those were ones the team has not had against AAA competition in several years.

For a program that was in the throes of a 37-game losing streak just a season ago, SFIS is making quick progress.

“Games have meaning,” Cole said. “And it’s so much easier to play hard when games have meaning to them.”

Pojoaque’s matchup with the Hawks for the title also has meaning. Laguna-Acoma brings an aggressive, pressing approach, although that was muted somewhat in the first half of its 87-49 win over Raton. The Tigers handled the pressure well, and were down 28-22 in the opening moments of the third quarter.

The Hawks changed up its press, and it caused Raton (5-3) fits even when it advanced into the frontcourt. An 11-2 run late in the quarter upped the lead to 46-31 and a

14-3 spurt in the fourth made it 66-41, Hawks.

“We have several of different looks we can give people,” Laguna-Acoma head coach Ryan Peil said. “It was a lot better in the second half.”

The challenge for the Elks will be how they handle the Hawks’ pressure.

“That’s the test for us,” Trujillo said.

“We’ve got be ready for that.”

In the consolation bracket: PeñaScO 69, SOcORRO 64 (OT) The Panthers (4-2) overcame a 38-29 halftime deficit to force overtime and then outscored the Warriors 9-4 in the extra period to advance to the fifth place game.

Alex Gonzales scored eight of Peñasco’s points in the overtime and finished with 30 points to lead all scorers. he and Joshua Gurule each had seven points in the fourth quarter as the Panthers outscored Socorro 21-18 in the final 8 minutes of regulation.

Zeb Esquival had 24 points for the Warriors (1-7), who play Mesa Vista for seventh place.

MOnTe del SOl 65, MeSa ViSTa 50 The Dragons (5-2) used a 24-12 run in the fourth quarter to extend a 41-38 lead and make the consolation championship an AllDistrict 2AA affair. Tapia torched the Trojans for 27 points, including 11 in the final quarter, while Omar Ndiaye had nine of his his 15 points in the fourth for Monte del Sol. Emiliano Martinez led Mesa Vista with 11 points (all in the first half), and Isaac Baldonado had 10.

Messy: St. Michael’s misses 12 of 20 FTs Continued from Page B-1 this,” said Martin Romero, St. Michael’s head coach. “Free throws. If we had just hit a few more we would have won this game no problem.”

Thing is, the Lady Horsemen didn’t. With open circles designating missed free throws in the official scorer’s book, it looked like a connect-the-dots mess on the St. Michael’s side of the ledger. The team missed 12 of 20 attempts, including six straight at one point in the second half.

It was exacerbated by inconsistent play elsewhere. The Lady Horsemen had turnovers on five of six possessions in the fourth quarter, misfired on three straight field goals, and were 2 of 7 from the line — all in the first six minutes of the fourth period — and yet their lead still grew.

“We just couldn’t do anything,” said Pojoaque head coach Ron Drake. “Turnovers.

If we weren’t turning it over, we were missing shots.”

Missing starting post player Gabrielle Gonzales with an ankle injury — Drake said she’d be out of action until at least next week — the Elkettes (6-3) had trouble stopping the St. Michael’s post duo of Alex Groenewold and Arianna Lovato.

While most of the Lady Horsemen’s scoring came within eight feet of the basket, Groenewold and Lovato got most of theirs directly under the basket. The pair combined for 16 points.

“Defensively, our help-side was the difference,” Romero said. “We got set up in the half court and I thought we did a really good job with that. The other parts of our game struggled but that worked.”

St. Michael’s never trailed in the game, opening a 9-4 lead in the first quarter and taking a 16-8 lead into halftime. The Elkettes had more turnovers (nine) than points in the first two quarters, making just 3 of 17 shots from the field.

Despite their woes, they did manage to get within 28-24 on a pair of Veronica Dominguez free throws in the final minute of the third quarter. They only scored one point the rest of

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PREP SCORES Boys basketball Alamogordo 82, Deming 64 Artesia 56, Ruidoso 45 Atrisco Heritage 66, Cibola 63 Aztec 57, Bloomfield 31 Belen 62, Santa Teresa 47 Cleveland 73, Valley 62 Cliff 85, Lordsburg 56 Clovis 62, Portales 46 Dexter 63, Hagerman 48 Eldorado 52, Albuquerque High 47 Eunice 85, Jal 67 Floyd 46, Tucumcari 42 Grady 66, Reserve 60 Laguna-Acoma 87, Raton 49 Manzano 57, Rio Grande 45 Monte del Sol 65, Mesa Vista 50 Moriarty 70, Grants 57 Pojoaque 68, Santa Fe Indian 58 Shiprock 67, Taos 63 St. Michael’s 53, Santa Fe 43 Texico 80, Hobbs 75 Valencia 70, Del Norte 52

Girls basketball Alamogordo 54, Deming 43 Belen 62, Artesia 55 Bloomfield 46, Tohatchi 38 Cibola 77, Highland 38 Clovis 50, Canyon, Texas 45 Cobre 51, Hot Springs 38 Cuba 50, Tse Yi Gai 38 Eunice 57, Jal 31 Floyd 57, Tucumcari 33 House/Grady 41, Reserve 39 Los Alamos 55, Piedra Vista 33 Los Lunas 68, West Mesa 19 Mora 61, Santa Rosa 34 Portales 64, Robertson 30 Rio Rancho 55, Rio Grande 36 Shiprock 77, Farmington 21 St. Michael’s 32, Pojoaque 25 Texico 61, Melrose 45 Tularosa 54, Grants 49 Valencia 42, Del Norte 33 Volcano Vista 39, Albuquerque High 23

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St. Michael’s Alexandra Groenewold, right, covers Pojoaque Valley’s Miranda Martinez during the first quarter of Friday’s game during the Ben Luján Tournament in Pojoaque.

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the way, going the final nineplus minutes without making a basket.

Groenewold had a team-high nine points for St. Michael’s while Lovato had seven.

Miranda Martinez and Ody Andujo each had six points to lead Pojoaque. All of Martinez’s points came in the third quarter. Veronica Dominguez five.

In the other semifinal: TulaROSa 54, GRanTS 49 At least someone with Pojoaque ties will coach in the championship game.

Tularosa head coach Joe Estrada is a former assistant coach of the girls program at Pojoaque, having been with the team when it won consecutive

state titles under former head coach Lanse Carter.

On Friday, Estrada’s Lady Wildcats needed a late rally to ensure its trip to the finals.

Trailing 39-35 after three quarters, they held the Lady Pirates to just two field goals over the final eight minutes to get the win.

Six Tularosa players scored in the fourth quarter. Finishing tied with team-high honors with 14 points apiece were Kaitlyn Silva and Kyanne Kowatch.

Shania Gililand had 11.

Jami Sterak had a game-high 18 points for Grants.

In the consolation bracket: SanTa Fe indian SchOOl 36, TaOS 24 The Lady Braves bounced

back from their first round upset loss, holding the Lady Tigers to just eight points in the second half.

Kayla Joe led SFIS with 11 points. Victoria Lovato added nine and Shaina Roanhorse seven.

The Lady Braves led 26-16 at halftime, getting a pair of 3-pointers from Joe in the first half.

Elena Espinoza had a teamhigh seven points for Taos.

SOcORRO 41, MeSa ViSTa 33 The Lady Warriors sent the Lady Trojans to the seventhplace game thanks to 28 combined points from Maria Alderete (16) and Aracely Aldarete (12).

Big: Horseman coach wants ‘smarter’ play Continued from Page B-1 high 19 points.

While free-throw shooting got the Demons in the lead, it was also their downfall as the Horsemen went on a 11-3 run to close out the first half and head into the locker room with a 27-22 lead.

“We went back to poor free-throw shooting,” Rodriguez said. “That keeps you close and that changes the game.”

The Horsemen continued to build on their lead and got it up to double digit for most of the second half. Once they got to a comfortable lead, they started to stretch the Demon zone defense to burn some time off the clock.

“One thing I was really pleased with tonight was that we did well against the opponent’s 1-3-1 zone,” Geyer said.

Stretching the defense and wasting clock in the third quarter is not something anyone wants to be on the other side of, but for Rodriguez, it was one of those moments where a team’s toughness can be tested.

“That’s where you have to really get tough and suck it up,” Rodriguez said. “It can be demoralizing if they keep shooting free throws or getting layups.”

St. Michael’s started to take advantage of a pressing Demon squad by going 8-for11 from the free throw line in the second half, but they also gave sent Santa Fe High

to the free throw line often. Both Chris Lovato and Dominguez fouled out for the Horsemen.

“We have to play smarter,” Geyer said.

“We have a lot of silly fouls.”

That’s just one area Geyer believes the Horsemen have to improve, but Santa Fe High is looking for improvement across the board. With three starters that did not have varsity experience before this season, Rodriguez believes a game like this, albeit a loss, will help improve his team.

“We’re a young team and we’re gaining experience every night,” he said. “A game like this early in the season is going to get them better. We’re going to blossom here pretty soon.”

Boys basketball — Ben Luján Tournament at Pojoaque Valley, final round: 7th place, 11:30 a.m.; 5th place, 2:30 p.m.; 3rd place, 5:30 p.m.; championship, 8:30 p.m.

McCurdy at Escalante, 3:30 p.m.

Taos at Shiprock Round Robin, pairings TBA Girls basketball — Ben Luján Tournament at Pojoaque Valley, final round: 7th place, 10 a.m.; 5th place, 1 p.m.; 3rd place, 4 p.m.; championship, 7 p.m.

Questa at Escalante, 2 p.m.

West Las Vegas at Portales, 3 p.m.

Santa Rosa at Mora, 3:30 p.m.

Capital at Manzano, 7 p.m.

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Destiny returns, helps Mora beat Santa Rosa ical therapy faithfully and came back in shape,” Cassidy It’s official: Destiny said. “And I played her 29 Pacheco is back. minutes, because I had foul It was the Mora senior’s trouble.” second game back from a The frontcourt of Brianna torn anterior cruciate ligaPacheco, Gerty Herrera ment, but she officially made and Carmelita Padilla saw her presence known against their playing time limited by the Santa Rosa Lady Lions. fouls, which put the onus on She scored 14 points and Destiny Pacheco. She helped grabbed 11 rebounds as the Mora to a 22-3 lead after a Rangerettes rolled to a 61-34 quarter and the margin was nondistrict win in girls bas37-16 at the half. ketball on Friday.

Herrera managed 13 points Pacheco missed the first in a supporting role, while month of the season as she Padilla chipped in with 11 rehabilitated her left knee and Brianna Pacheco had 10. from the injury, which she Mora improved to 6-0 suffered early in the voloverall, and is done playleyball season. Mora head ing the 2013 portion of its coach Mark Cassidy said she schedule. The Rangerettes only tore the ligament, which will take the court on Jan. 2 accelerated her recovery in the opening round of the period. Pacheco’s dedication Northern Rio Grande Tourto her physical therapy also nament in Pojoaque Valley’s helped.

Ben Luján Memorial Gym“She stayed with her phys- nasium.

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No. 21 Fresno State faces USC No. 2 Syracuse

runs away from High Point

By Greg Beacham

The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Although Fresno State fell one win short of a BCS berth, the Bulldogs still got a high-stakes trip to Vegas for the final game of quarterback Derek Carr’s career.

The 21st-ranked Bulldogs (11-1) landed in the Las Vegas Bowl against Southern California (9-4) on Saturday, kicking off bowl season with a compelling California matchup in the shadow of the Strip.

USC is on its third head coach of a tumultuous season, but the talent-rich Trojans are still one of the nation’s highest-profile programs.

With a victory over USC to clinch the first 12-win season in school history, the Bulldogs would stake a compelling claim as the best team ever to suit up in the Central Valley.

“The team is pretty fired up about being here,” Fresno State receiver Davante Adams said. “They’ve got a great program, worldrenowned, so it’s going to be a lot of fun going against these guys.”

Adams and Carr are excited about the challenge they’ll face when the Bulldogs have the ball at Sam Boyd Stadium. While the nation’s best passing offense decimated nearly every defense it faced, USC’s undermanned defense still put together an impressive season against the Pac-12’s highscoring teams, ranking 14th in the nation in scoring defense.

“I don’t like to give anybody too much credit until we go out and face them,” said USC safety Dion Bailey, who might head to the NFL after the game. “They’ve got a talented offense, but I don’t think there’s any defense in the country that’s like ours.”

After every dip and peak in a season that puts the New York-New York casino’s roller coaster to shame, the Trojans say they’re only focused on completing a 10-win season.

Offensive coordinator Clay Helton is running the team after Ed Orgeron resigned earlier this month, angry about losing the permanent job to Steve Sarkisian despite going 6-2 as Lane Kiffin’s interim replacement.

The Trojans all seem to admire Helton, who joined the program along with Kiffin in early 2010, but several players made their Vegas motivations clear this week.

“Everybody in that locker room wants to win for Coach O,” USC cornerback Josh Shaw said. “Even Coach Helton has talked about it. We still go through the same rou-

Fresno State quarterback Derek Carr throws a pass against New Mexico on his way to 527 yards during the Nov. 23 game in Fresno, Calif. GARY KAZANJIAN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

tines now that he isn’t here, and we’re going to do it again. The only thing different is Coach O won’t be the one talking to us.”

Five reasons to watch the most compelling matchup on the first day of bowl season: Fresno showcase: The Mountain West champions got to the brink of a BCS breakthrough, but a defensive meltdown in a 62-52 loss to San Jose State ruined it. Fresno State is eager to embrace this chance to show off in front of a national audience, but the Bulldogs also realize USC could cause similar problems for Fresno State coach Tim DeRuyter’s defense with the combined talents of receivers Marqise Lee and Nelson Agholor, quarterback Cody Kessler and tailback Javorius Allen.

The Fabulous Bakersfield Boys: Kessler and Carr have more in common than their position. They’re both from Bakersfield, Calif., and they’ve known each other for years. Carr is two years older than Kessler, who solidified his hold on the USC job with a midseason surge. Carr holds nearly every significant Fresno State record for his position at the school where Kiffin was a backup quarterback in the 1990s.

Sark in the wings: Sarkisian is in Vegas as an observer, waiting to take over the program after the game. Sarkisian, hired two days after the Trojans’ regular season ended with a loss to UCLA, is allowing the remnants of Kiffin’s coaching staff to run bowl preparations, but he’ll be watching his returning players closely — and he might be scouting the Bulldogs, who will be his first opponent next season.

Long time coming: For all of its recent success under Pat Hill and DeRuyter, Fresno State hasn’t won a bowl game since 2007, losing five of its last six bowl games overall.

Carr is eager to go out with his first bowl victory, which would make him the first senior quarterback to win a bowl game at Fresno State since Jeff Tedford did it in 1982.

Lee’s big finish?: Almost everybody expects Lee to head to the NFL after his underwhelming junior season, but the 2012 Biletnikoff Award winner should be healthier than he’s been in many weeks when he faces Fresno State’s suspect pass defense. Lee needs 12 catches to pass Robert Woods as USC’s career receptions leader, and Helton might be wise to give him the opportunity.

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Buffalo seeks 1st bowl win against San Diego St.

son with the kind of momentum a win would give you is a tremendous lift.”

BOISE, Idaho — Buffalo coach San Diego State (7-5, 6-2 MounJeff Quinn doesn’t need any tain West) is playing in its fourth reminders about what’s at stake straight bowl game, the longest Saturday against San Diego State streak in school history. But it in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. earned its trip to the high desert For Quinn, who took over the in southwest Idaho by turning program four years ago, it’s all around a season that started with about getting the school’s first three consecutive losses. bowl victory, changing history The nonconference schedand putting the Bulls (8-4, 6-2 ule offered the Aztecs no early Mid-American) on a different favors. They were routed by trajectory.

Ohio State in Week 2 and edged “And for our senior class, this

by Oregon State at home the has been four years in the making,” said Quinn, who guided the following week. But the Aztecs team to its most wins in a season have proved resilient.

They closed winning seven of since Buffalo joined the FBS in nine, taking three of those games 1999. in overtime. Eight of their games “As we continue to go into were decided by seven points or the offseason, I think any footless, and in five of their victories, ball coach wants to leave … and they overcame deficits in the along with the football players, fourth quarter. they want to leave the field the right way. To go into the offsea“Starting out poorly, when

By Todd Dvorak

The Associated Press

we didn’t anticipate starting out like that, I think that was hard on everybody,” third-year coach Rocky Long said. “From there on out we never played when we beat anybody badly, every game we played was close.”

Here are some things to watch: Turnovers: Buffalo has thrived on thievery all season and used those opportunities to put points on the board. On defense, the Bulls have 27 turnovers and the team is fourth in the nation in turnover margin at 1.3. Of those 27 turnovers, the offense has converted on 19 for 113 points.

Linebacker Kahlil Mack and defensive backs Cortney Lester and Najja Johnson lead the team with three interceptions apiece.

The odds don’t favor the Aztecs, who have turned the ball over 28 times this season.

Mack attack: A national television audience will get to watch one of the nation’s best linebackers in San Diego State’s

Kahlil Mack. The senior is disruptive, has a knack for making big plays and is a tackling machine.

He holds the FBS record for most forced fumbles (16) and shares the NCAA mark for most tackles for loss with 75.

Mack was voted the conference defensive player of the year this season and he finished second in voting for the Butkus Award.

Forget the field goal: The Aztecs, hobbled by poor field goal kicking this season, have instead focused on going for it on fourth downs. On the season, the Aztecs have converted on 43 percent of their 35 fourthdown tries, the most attempts by any other team in the Mountain West this season.

And Long says he’s not shy about trying it any time in the game, anywhere on the field.

“Any time you think you can make it on fourth down you go for it, no matter what the situation is in the game,” he said.

Pride: New Mexico kicks off bowl season Continued from Page B-1 ton Redskins I wore that uniform for a couple of reasons,” Theismann said. “No. 1, to represent the Washington Redskin football program. Secondly, to do the best possible job I could represent the Native American nations of this country — and wear that uniform with great pride.”

He said he has remained close to the Redskins’ organization since a broken leg in 1985 forced him to retire after 12 seasons with the team.

One of his fondest memories came in the days following the Super Bowl win over the Dolphins.

“What ultimately will be decided, I don’t know but I know that when we won a world championship, I was given a chief’s headdress,” he said. “I considered that to be a great honor to have that pre-

13 from the field and grabbed eight rebounds, six SYRACUSE, N.Y. — off the offensive glass, to Trevor Cooney hit five lead the Wolfpack (11-1) to 3-pointers and scored its first win over a ranked 17 points, opponent since a 76-69 win over No.19 Florida State on C.J. Fair 2 Syracuse 75 Valentine’s Day. added High Point 54 Burke drilled three 15 points, straight jumpers to help and NC State to a 12-6 lead to No. 2 Syracuse beat High Point 75-54 on Friday night. start the game, but the Lady Syracuse (11-0) remained Tigers clawed their way unbeaten, but it wasn’t easy. back into the game, taking a lead on a Theresa Plaisance High Point (3-7) trailed by 3-pointer with 9:44 left in just three points at halftime the game. and led early in the second Gatling’s layup with period before Syracuse 8:01 left sparked an 11-1 run responded with a 28-3 run that put the Wolfpack back to put the game away. in the lead for good.

The Orange are the highPlaisance finished with est-ranked team High Point 18 points off the bench to has ever played. The Panlead LSU (9-2). Jeanne Kenthers lost to third-ranked ney added another 17 points.

North Carolina 94-69 in NO. 10 S. CAROLINA 69, December 2006 and are WINTHROP 61 2-26 against the Atlantic In Columbia, S.C., Tiffany Coast Conference, the two Mitchell scored 20 points, wins coming more than and No. 10 South Carolina 50 years ago. held off a late charge by Cooney, who entered the Winthrop for a victory. game shooting 46.3 percent The Gamecocks (10-1) led from beyond the arc, has by 19 points in the opening made at least five 3-pointers in six games this season. half, yet struggled to stay ahead down the stretch Freshman point guard Tyler against the Eagles (6-3) of Ennis had 10 points and the Big South Conference. matched his season high Erica Williams’ jumper with with nine assists and Jerami 4:34 left drew Winthrop to Grant also had 10 points.

59-55. Mitchell then added Devante Wallace led a bucket to increase South High Point with 10 points, Carolina’s lead.

Anthony Lindauer had nine, Schaquilla Nunn’s putand Dejuan McGaughy back brought Winthrop and Lorenzo Cugini seven within four points before apiece. Leading scorer John Asia Dozier’s two foul shots and Mitchell’s jumper Brown, averaging extended the margin to 20.1 points, was held to a 65-57 with 1:55 to play. season-low six points on Winthrop could not get 3-of-11 shooting. closer than five points the rest of the way.

WOMEN Dozier had 14 points for NC STATE 89, NO. 12-LSU 79 the Gamecocks, who rallied after their first loss of the In Raleigh, N.C., Markeisha Gatling and Kody Burke season Wednesday night against No. 14 North Caroeach scored 25 points to lead North Carolina State to lina.

Dequesha McClanahan win over No. 12 Louisiana and Williams had 19 points State. each for the Eagles.

Gatling shot 11 of The Associated Press

sented to me as the quarterback of the Washington Redskins.”

Before addressing the media and later a convention room full of players, coaches, fans and school administrators, Theismann said he was approached by a Native American man outside the media room. “…He said he would like to see the name stay,” Theismann said. “This is a debate that will go on. It’s been around for over 50 years.”

Asked about his own personal beliefs about the racial sensitivity of the team’s name, Theismann took the high road.

“I don’t get into it personally because, really, that’s my own personal feeling,” he said.

“Sound like an attorney, don’t I? Answer the question but avoid the answer.”

Game time: The New Mexico Bowl officially kicks off college football’s bowl season. Saturday’s game is scheduled for a

noon kickoff at University Stadium in Albuquerque.

Colorado State (7-6, 5-3 Mountain West) face Washington State (6-6, 4-5 Pac-12) in the eighth installment of the annual bowl game.

With Albuquerque’s mile-high altitude, its new turf field and the possibility for swirling tailwinds, Washington State head coach Mike Leach suggested he might let Cougars kicker Andrew Furney cut loose from well inside Wazzu territory.

He was only partially serious, though.

“At this altitude, I might let him try it from 75 yards,” Leach said.

Crimson ties: Rams head coach Jim McElwain was Alabama’s offensive coordinator for the Crimson Tide’s national title runs in 2009 and 2011. He said getting CSU to the New Mexico Bowl is a positive first step in having the Rams reach a level where bigger things are eventually possible.

“One of the accomplishments you want early is to get in a bowl game and be part of that club,” McElwain said. “There’s a certain aura that comes with being a bowl team.”

More Redskins: Theismann was also asked about the mess that has become the Robert Griffin III-vs.-Mike Shanahan soap opera in the nation’s capital.

“It’s just been a season of turmoil, is the best way to describe it,” he said Friday, later saying, “When you lose football games, everybody is going to get criticized.”

Regarding RG3’s early shutdown, per Shanahan’s orders, Theismann said it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

“When you’re young in our business, the worst thing that can happen to you is not only get beat up physically, but get beat up mentally,” he said.

“When you take as many hits as Robert has taken, it wears on you.”

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

Big Ten foes Penn St. and Wisconsin meet for championship their run it means solving Penn State (33-2) and a long history of dominance the SEATTLE — Whatever Nittany Lions have over the result in the final, it has their conference foes and already been a special post- on the NCAA stage. Saturseason run for 12th-seeded day will be the ninth time Wisconsin.

Penn State has played for a The Badgers are the low- national title, winning five est seed to make the NCAA previous championships. volleyball championship The Nittany Lions have match after upsetting No. 1 won 19 of their past defending national cham21 matches against Wisconpion Texas in the semifisin, including a pair of 3-0 nals. Wisconsin (28-9) is wins over the Badgers in proving that even a team Big Ten play this season. without overwhelming size “Wisconsin always plays up front can still have suchard. They may be a little cess in the NCAAs. bit smaller than some other But the Badgers made it teams, but they sure play clear Friday they’re not just hard with a lot of heart,” satisfied with what they Penn State’s Dominque have accomplished heading Gonzalez said. “You could into Saturday’s final against see it yesterday out on the No. 2 Penn State. They floor. They didn’t care they don’t want to be rememwere undersized at all. bered as the plucky team They wanted to win and that got hot in the tournathey fought for it. I think ment only to fall short in that’s notable in our eyes, the championship match. and we’re going to have “I don’t think they’re sat- to go strong and compete tomorrow.” isfied at all. I think a lot of people think they’ve been The Nittany Lions are satisfied for a while now coming off one of the most and I think the depth of overwhelming perfortheir hunger is surprising mances of the season, never some people,” Wisconsin letting hometown Washingcoach Kelly Sheffield said. ton into the match in a 3-0 “We got in today and they sweep in the semifinals. It seemed like the same group was their 24 straight victory, having not lost since Sept. they’ve been the past few 27 against Michigan State. weeks. They know the opportunity, we all know Getting to this stage of the opportunity that’s in the tournament is comfront of us. We’re not shymonplace for the Nittany ing away from that. We’re Lions under coach Russ not pretending that’s not Rose. This will be the fifth there but this is a group that time Penn State has played relaxed, that’s confident, for the national title since that’s hungry. That can be a 2007, including a run of four potent mixture.” straight championships from 2007-10.

For the Badgers to cap

By Tim Booth

The Associated Press

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It’s recovery time again Turner hits OT winner; for Cowboys’ QB Romo Philadelphia tops Brooklyn The Associated Press

By Schuyler Dixon

The Associated Press

IRVING, Texas — Tony Romo is pretty used to this drill by now.

Make a big mistake late to cost the Dallas Cowboys a chance to win. Say he wishes he had that throw back. Vow to be better the next time.

Now Romo and the Cowboys have to bounce back again Sunday at Washington.

If they do, they’ll get to play for the NFC East title in the finale against Philadelphia at home. If not, they could be eliminated from the playoffs for the fourth straight year.

“I think it’s good for guys to understand how we have everything in front of us,” Romo said.

“Like I said before, we have to play better than we’ve played.”

And avoid another mistake from the quarterback.

The latest recovery routine was triggered by a much-discussed interception that gave Green Bay new life in a 37-36 win after the Packers trailed by 23 at halftime. Among the talking points: u Romo shouldn’t have used the bailout option to pass on the run play sent in by Bill Callahan and coach Jason Garrett. u The coaches shouldn’t have even given him a choice because running the clock was the only thing that mattered. u Romo shouldn’t have thrown the pass once he turned and saw linebacker Clay Matthews in his face.

Shouldn’t, shouldn’t, shouldn’t.

“More than anything, I can’t make that decision in that situation,” Romo said. “When you

Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo walks off the field after the 37-36 loss to the Green Bay Packers in Sunday’s game in Arlington, Texas. Romo threw two interceptions in the game’s final three minutes. The Packers rallied from a 23-point halftime deficit to beat the Cowboys. TIM SHARP/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

look back on one throw right now all year, you’d want that one back.”

There’s one other part of this routine that’s pretty consistent for Romo: support from his teammates despite a litany of similarly painful errors through the years.

“That’s our guy,” receiver Dez Bryant said. “We all love him.

And things happen, unfortunate things happen. Those things can be fixed, and that’s by staying together.”

Tight end Jason Witten has been through many more difficult times than Bryant because he came in with Romo 10 years ago. He still stands by the winning moments from Romo, and there’s evidence to back him.

Twice in a span of three games this season, Romo led flawless final drives to beat Minnesota and the New York Giants.

The Cowboys were trailing the

Vikings at home before that winning march, and the Giants had just pulled even in sub-freezing weather in New Jersey.

“Tony’s got thick skin,” Witten said. “You work through it and you get back at it and surround yourself with guys that you want to go prepare and play with and support you. That’s what he does.”

Romo is battling history on a couple of fronts against the Redskins. Besides the fresh memory of the loss to the Packers, he is visiting Washington for the first time since his late interception ended any realistic hopes for a win in a playoffs-or-bust finale almost exactly a year ago.

Dallas lost that high-stakes game for the second straight year — and the third time in five seasons. And just like last year, the Cowboys have an injury-plagued defense that is the worst in franchise history.

Minnesota set to bid final goodbye to the Metrodome Built on time and under budget for the 1982 season, the muchmaligned but ultra-utilitarian Metrodome in Minneapolis will be torn down soon so the Vikings can build a new venue. AP FILE

By Dave Campbell The Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — For close to half of the Metrodome’s 32-year life, the Minnesota Vikings pushed for a new place to play.

In 2016, they’ll break in a new, sleek stadium on the same downtown site. Perhaps they’ll enjoy the same edge they often had at the dated, cramped dome.

When it’s torn down next month, though, the Vikings will leave a whole lot of home-field advantage in the rubble. They play their final game at the Metrodome on Dec. 29 against the Detroit Lions.

“It’s a building that the Vikings and their fans probably don’t look forward to going to, but I’ll guarantee you the visitor hates it even more,” former center Matt Birk said.

The rival Green Bay Packers are at the top of that list.

Brett Favre needed six tries to win his first game there and finished 6-10 as the opposing quarterback, losing there in 1996 with the eventual Super Bowl champions. Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka loathed the Metrodome so much he declared it fit for no better than a roller skating rink.

“The volume in that stadium, when the fans get rocking, you can’t even have a conversation on the sidelines. It wasn’t just the snap count and the communication on the field. It’s trying to communicate on the sideline to fix something, and you just couldn’t do it,” said retired kicker Ryan Longwell, who like Favre played for both the Packers and Vikings. “We’d walk out of here with a great team — and a loss. It obviously got into our heads a little bit.”

Then-Packers coach Mike Holmgren accused the Vikings of enhancing the crowd noise by playing recordings through the speaker system, but the inflated Teflon cover was going to trap and amplify the cheering, shouting and chanting regardless of manipulation.

The circulated air was dry, and unaccustomed opponents could quickly dehydrate.

The Vikings, too, frequently had rosters built to thrive on the artificial turf in the controlled climate.

From Chris Doleman to John Randle to Jared Allen, they’ve had some of the most dominant pass-rushers in the NFL. For the offensive tackles who strained to hear the cadence and left his stance a half-second late, thwarting a sack became a greater challenge.

Randy Moss, Randall Cunningham, Cris Carter, John Randle and Robert Griffith were the key cogs of the 1998 team that went 15-1, set the later-broken NFL record for single-season scoring and cruised to the NFC championship game. They lost to the Atlanta Falcons in overtime, the only opportunity the Vikings had to play for a Super Bowl spot in their domed home.

They also lost three other NFC championship games on the road during the Metrodome era, which will be marked as much by talented teams that fell short as by the success they had there from 1982-2013.

According to STATS research, the Vikings (162-90) have the seventh-best home record in the NFL — third-best in the NFC — since the Metrodome opened.

But they never were able to put it to its ultimate use: fuel for their first championship.

When a snowstorm pelted Minneapolis the night before a game in 2010, the roof caved in, forcing the Vikings to play their last two home contests elsewhere. That literal collapse served as sort of a sardonic symbol for the star-crossed franchise’s history.

Built on time and under budget for $55 million, the Metrodome was from the end of a gone-by generation of versatilebut-sterile pro sports venues before high-def and wi-fi became must-haves. First named for former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, the Metrodome has been known as Mall of America

Field since 2009 thanks to a sponsorship by the super-sized suburban shopping complex.

Shaped like a marshmallowcovered muffin or a low-rise spaceship, depending on one’s mood or view, the Metrodome was deemed fancy enough by the league at the time to host a Super Bowl after the 1991 season.

The Minnesota Twins won two World Series there. The University of Minnesota football team called it home for 27 years. The Minnesota Timberwolves averaged more than 25,000 fans per game in their inaugural season while they waited for their arena to be finished. Billy Graham held a crusade. U2 and the Rolling Stones once played shows less than a month apart. Monster trucks romped around the field.

And a bunch of 6-year-olds, like Birk at his birthday party in 1982, walked through those aisles and concourses with wide eyes and eager attitudes.

“We thought it was the coolest thing ever. It was inside, with AstroTurf. At the time it was right up there with the airplane as far as one of the greatest inventions ever,” said Birk, who grew up a few miles away in St. Paul. “It’s lost a little bit of its luster since.”

But Minnesota got its money’s worth. The new stadium will cost $1 billion. Adjusted for inflation to present-day dollars, the Metrodome’s price tag still would’ve only been about $130 million.

“What I’ve seen that we have to look forward to, I’m not sad at all. I’m excited,” running back Adrian Peterson said. “It’s been here for a long time, and it’s got a lot of history. So from that sense, good times, good memories. But it’s time to move forward.”

PHILADELPHIA — Evan Turner hit the winning basket at the buzzer and scored 29 points to lead the 76ers 121 PhiladelNets 120 phia 76ers to a 121-120, overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night.

Paul Pierce hit a 3-pointer with 16.9 seconds left in OT to give the Nets the short-lived lead.

Turner, sensational all game, drove past a pair of defenders and tossed up the last-gasp shot.

PACERS 114, ROCKETS 81 In Indianapolis, Paul George had 24 points and nine rebounds and Lance Stephenson added 16 points, leading Indiana to the rout of Houston.

The Pacers ended their only two-game losing streak of the season and maintained their grip on the Eastern Conference’s best record (21-5) with their most lopsided win of the season.

Dwight Howard finished with 19 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks for the Rockets. James Harden, the NBA’s No. 6 scorer, was held in check most of the night by George, finishing with 12 points on 3-of-14 shooting.

BOBCATS 116, PISTONS 106 In Auburn Hills, Mich., Kemba Walker scored 34 points and Al Jefferson led a fourth-quarter

rally that carried Charlotte past Detroit after trailing by as many as 20.

Charlotte was down 14 after three quarters before dominating the fourth. Jefferson scored 13 points during a decisive 16-3 run.

Brandon Jennings had 26 points for Detroit, which rallied from a 21-point deficit to beat Boston on Wednesday but blew a big lead two nights later.

HEAT 122, KINGS 103 In Miami, Chris Bosh scored 25 points, Dwyane Wade added 20 and Miami put up a season high for points in rolling past Sacramento.

LeBron James had 18 points, eight assists and six rebounds while sitting out the fourth quarter for Miami, which has won four straight overall and 18 of its last 19 against the Kings.

CAVALIERS 114, BUCKS 111 (OT) In Cleveland, Kyrie Irving made four free throws in the final 21.5 seconds of overtime and finished with 39 points while battling a flu bug, leading Cleveland over short-handed Milwaukee.

Irving played despite being ill the past two days and missing practice Thursday. The All-Star guard played 43 minutes and carried the Cavs to their fifth win in six home games.

Earl Clark made a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired with 44 seconds left, and Jarrett Jack

added 17 points for the Cavs.

HAWKS 118, JAZZ 85 In Atlanta, Lou Williams scored 25 points and the Hawks continued their offensive upswing in cruising past Utah to win its third straight and for fourth time in five games.

Atlanta never trailed and pushed their lead to double digits for good in the opening period.

The Hawks set a scoring high with their 124-107 win over Sacramento on Wednesday night and has topped 110 points in three straight games.

RAPTORS 109, MAVERICKS 108 (OT) In Dallas, DeMar DeRozan scored 15 points, including the go-ahead basket on a wild shot while getting fouled in overtime Friday night, and Toronto beat the Mavericks.

The Raptors held on despite 23 points and a huge fourth quarter from old teammate Jose Calderon.

SUNS 103, NUGGETS 99 In Denver, Markieff Morris scored 25 points and Gerald Green added 19, helping Phoenix rally for a win.

Goran Dragic contributed 17 points, including two big layups down the stretch, as the Suns won for the sixth time in seven games. They did most of their work behind the 3-point line, with Green tying a careerhigh with six. Phoenix was 12 of 34 from long range.

WNBA

Delle Donne stays in Chicago excited about it.”

Delle CHICAGO — While most of Donne made the top players in the WNBA such an are spending this winter impact in her overseas playing basketball in first season Russia, Turkey or China, Elena with the Sky Delle Donne decided to stay in on the court, Elena Delle Chicago to help grow the Sky that spending Donne brand. the winter in Whether working basketball Chicago was a natural extenclinics, meeting with business sion. The league’s rookie of leaders or just showing her face the year — the second overall around town, Delle Donne is pick out of Delaware — helped making the most of her time in Chicago to its best season ever the Windy City. with the franchise’s first trip to “It definitely has been a huge the WNBA playoffs. The Sky’s chance to help get the word out attendance increased by 17 perabout the team and the league,” cent — the most of any team in the league.

Delle Donne said. “They see me and being 6-foot-5, they “The Sky organization is are like who’s this athletic tall thrilled that Elena chose to stay girl at these business meetings. not only in the country but in They want to follow us next Chicago this offseason. This is year. It’s important to have our an important part of growth, especially in building our faces out there so they can get

By Doug Feinberg

The Associated Press

brand presence in Chicago,” Sky owner Michael Alter said.

“Her willingness to be out and about in the corporate and philanthropic communities as well as youth basketball will pay dividends.”

Last weekend, Delle Donne hosted a basketball clinic in the morning followed by a brief stop at Nike for an event before a Juvenile Diabetes dinner. A day earlier, she earned $10,000 for Special Olympics — a cause near and dear to Delle Donne because of her older sister Lizzie, who has cerebral palsy and is blind and deaf —by hitting free throws during a visit to a Chicago-area business.

“Anytime I can do anything to help them is great,” Delle Donne said of the Special Olympics. “I’m working to get them more involved in the clinics we’re doing.”

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WALKING TRAILS, dog park, water, trash PU pd. 2 story, 2 bedroom 1 1/2 bath, kiva FP, laundry room 1340 SF +2 car gar. $1350. mo.

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750 sq.ft. Tile floors, fenced yard with covered patio. $730 monthly.

UTILITIES INCLUDED. Fi r e p l a c e , private patio. Sunny, Quiet. Offstreet parking. Non-smoking. No pets. 505-685-4704

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Deposit required, 6 month lease. Tenant pays propane. 505-983-6681.

FOR SALE OR LEASE- Great opportunity! 3 building Showroom, warehouse, office space. 7,000 to 27,480 SqFt. All or part. Fantastic location1590 Pacheco Street.

Qualified HubZone, Zoned I-2. Contact David Oberstein: 505-986-0700

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In Pecos area, 3 beds, 1 bath on 6 treed acres. Panoramic views of Pecos Wilderness. Horses ok.

Shared well. $199,000. JEFFERSON WELCH, 505-577-7001

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE 202 E. Marcy Street, Santa Fe

(3) 2.5 Acre Lots, Senda Artemisia, Old Galisteo Road, Close to town.

Easy building sites. Views, utilities, shared well. Owner financing. No Mobile homes. $119,700- $129,700 each.

Greg. 505-690-8503, Equity Real Estate.

Quaint Southside Townhome Just Reduced! 3 beds, 2 baths, over 1,600 square feet, kiva fireplace, tile floors, large gameroom or office, convenient location, only $220,000.

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CALL 986-3000 LEASE & OWN. ZERO DOWN! PAY EXACTLY WHAT OWNER PAYS: $1200 includes mortgage, taxes, insurance, maintenance (HOA). ZIA VISTA’S LARGEST 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH CONDO. Save thousands.

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RANCHO SANTOS, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, pretty unit, 2nd story, 1 car garage. $1000. Western Equities, 505-982-4201.

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EASTSIDE, WALK TO CANYON ROAD! Furnished, short-term vacation home. Walled .5 acre, mountain views, fireplace, 2 bedroom, washer, dryer. Private. Pets okay. Large yard. 970-626-5936.

LA BARBARIA, Avail. 1, 1. Furnished 2 bedroom in trees. Seek caring, quiet non-smoker. $1250 INCLUDES UTILITIES. 781-259-8879, shoshanni@aol.com.

HOUSES UNFURNISHED 2 BEDROOM, 2 bath, loft. Fenced yard, central air, heat, 1,300 squ.ft., 2 car garage, No pets. $995 monthly, plus utilities, $950 deposit. 505984-2263.

2BR, 1BA newly remodeled, quaint adobe home in private compound.

Available now. Washer, dryer, off street parking. Columbia St. $1050 monthly. 505-983-9722.

PUEBLOS DEL S O L - 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, 2 car garage home for rent.

1,650 ft. Radiant heat, evaporative cooling, media room, laundry room, washer and dryer hookups, landscaped yard. $1,500 + utilities + $1,000 deposit. Call Eric: 505-6601185.

LAS CAMPANAS 3 BEDROOM, 2.5 BATH

Furnished. AC. No pets, nonsmoking. 6 month lease minimum. $6500 monthly plus utilities. $14500 deposit. 203-481-5271

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202 E. MARCY STREET SANTA FE

Substantial Renovation in 2006.

Zoned BCD (Business Capitol District) Approximately 29,511 square feet — East Marcy/East Palace Subdistrict.

1 BEDROOM DOW NTOW N, Freshly remodeled classic Santa Fe adobe, private yard, brand new finishes. $749 month. One Month Free Rent, No Application Fees.

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RARE 2.3 ACRE LOT. CountryConvenient to Town. Arroyo Hondo West. Spectacular Views. Hiking, Biking, and Riding Trail. $125,000. Jennifer, 505-204-6988.

(5) BRAND NEW 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH,

360 degree views, Spectacular walking trails, Automated drip watering, Finished 2 car garage, 2 BDR, 2 ½ bath plus office.

1,900 squ.ft. Warehouse, 600 squ.ft Office Space, reception area, two offices, kitchen, security, fenced yard, On-site parking. $1,500 plus utilities.

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OFFICE/ STUDIO NEAR RAILYARD Can also be used as u n f u r n i s h e d a p a r t m e n t . $900 monthly. All utilities included. Reserved parking.

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COZY STUDIO, $750 monthly, $500 deposit, includes utilities, washer, dryer. Saltillo tile, great views. No Smoking or Pets. CALL 505-231-0010.

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CORONADO CONDOMINIUMS for Rent, 1 bedroom $600 monthly, 2 Bedroom $675 monthly, $400 deposit.

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3 bedroom, 2 full bath, dead end street. $1,200 monthly. $800 deposit.

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1 BEDROOM. Walled yard, off St. Francis. Plenty of parking. $600 monthly plus split utilities, deposit.

No pets. 505-901-8195 2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH RANCHO SIRINGO ROAD, fenced yard, fireplace, laundry facility on-site. $725 month. One Month Free Rent, No Application Fees.

Chamisa Management Corp. 988-5299 2 BEDROOM, 1 bath. Tile floors, washer, dryer. In town country setting. Off West Alameda. $850 monthly plus utilities. 575-430-1269

Office, retail, gallery, hospitality, residential, etc. Pueblo style architecture, computer controlled HVAC, cat 6, water catchment, brick and carpet flooring, Cummins diesel back-up electricity generator, multiple conference rooms, vault, climate controlled server room, power conditioners, privacy windows, double blinds on windows, break room, outdoor break area, executive offices, corporate reception, close proximity to restaurants, parking garages and the convention center. Paved parking for 100+ spaces.

Parking ratio = 1:275 which includes the off-site parking across the street.

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TRINO’S AFFORDABLE Construction all phases of construction, and home repairs. Licensed. 505-9207583

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Housecleaning, garage cleaning, hauling trash.

Cutting Trees, Flagstone Patios, Driveways, Fencing, Yard Work, Stucco, Tile..

Greg, Nina, 920-0493.

YOUR HEALTH MATTERS. We use natural products. 20 years exper ence, Residential & offices. Reliable.

Excellent references. Licensed & Bonded. Eva, 505-919-9230. Elena.

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HEATING-PLUMBING Heating, Plumbing, Electrical specialist.

Reasonable rates.

Includes mobile homes. 505-310-7552.

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CASEY’S TOP HAT CHIMNEY SWEEPS is committed to protecting your home. Creosote build-up in a fireplace or lint build-up in a dryer vent reduces efficiency and can pose a fire hazard. Call 505989-5775. Get prepared!

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REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE, PRO-PANEL ROOFS, PAINTING, FENCING, YARDWORK. MINOR PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL. 25 years experience.

Consulting. Licensed. References.

Free estimates. (505)470-5877

40 YEARS EXPERIENCE. Professional Plastering Specialist: Interior & Exterior. Also Re-Stuccos. Patching a specialty. Call Felix, 505-920-3853.

ROOFING ALL-IN-ONE ROOF LEAKING REPAIR & MAINTENANCE. Complete Landscaping. Yard Cleaning & Maintenance.

Gravel Driveway. 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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THE SANTA Fe Opera is hiring a Production Assistant-Purchasing A g e n t. BA in Theatre Production or comparable professional experience.

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E-mail to emoore@santafeopera.org.

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COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE SPACE WITH BIG GARAGE DOOR. Ideal for storage. Includes heat, security, wrought iron gate with plenty of parking. 1550 Square feet, $ 900.00 plus utilities. Month of December Free. The sooner you move in the better the savings. Year lease No Live In Please call 505-216-1649, visit 7504 Avenger Way Ste C or email. info@rustymesa.com

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CHARMING AND CENTRALLY LOCATED 3 bedroom, 1 bath, wood & tile floors, enclosed backyard, additional storage on property $1050 plus utilities

QUIET AND FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD 3 bedroom, 2 bath, fireplace, AC, 2 car garage, enclosed backyard, washer, dryer, $1200 plus utilities

PERSONALS LOOKING FOR LOST FRIEND. Her name is Sadie, daughter’s name is Wyetta.

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WALKING DISTANCE TO SHOPPING 2 bedroom, plus loft, 1 bath, granite counter tops, upgraded washer, dryer, 2 car garage $1200 plus utilities CHARMING CONDO 2 bedroom, 2 bath, granite counters, washer, dryer, upgraded appliances, access to all amenities $975 plus utilities SPACIOUS HOME IN DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOOD 3 bedroom, 2 bath, fireplace, washer, dryer hook-up, large fenced in backyard, 2 car garage $1200 plus utilities 5 PLEX CONVENIENTLY LOCATED ON CAMINO CAPITAN this unit is a one bedroom loft, fireplace, and fenced back yard $650 plus utilities $580. 2 SMALL BEDROOMS. V e r y clean, quiet, safe. Off Agua Fria. Has gas heating. Pay only electric. No pets. 505-473-0278 BEAUTIFUL 3, 2, 2 Walled backyard, corner lot, all appliances, Rancho Viejo. Owner Broker, Available January 1. $1590 monthly. 505-780-0129 BRAND NEW HOUSE. 1700 sq.ft. 3 bedroom. 2.5 bath, garage. $1,300 monthly. Deposit. No pets. Available January. 2014. Call, 505-469-2888.

COUNTRY LIVING, Southside 1 Bedroom, with loft. Part of duplex. $600 monthly plus utilities. 505-929-1278

NEAR ZIA & YUCCA, 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Garage, yard, new carpet. $1215, deposit $1000. Non-smoking.

505-473-0013 SOUTH CAPITAL, 2 bedroom, 1 bath.

Cozy fireplace, wood floors, bright kitchen, washer, dryer, small yard.

Desirable, quiet neighborhood. $1,250 plus utilities. 505-989-9631.

LIVE IN STUDIOS

HONEST, RELIABLE, CARING, person with a passion for your profession.

Must have clientele, provide references. 505-455-7623 (leave message).

DRIVERS TOW TRUCK DRIVER NEEDED for Santa Fe area. Call 505-992-3460

EDUCATION 1) BILINGUAL COORDINATOR K-6.

FT position starts immediately.

NM license and bilingual endorsement required. Prefer MA and experience with elementary bilingual programs. 2) EARLY CHILDHOOD EA. Must hold or obtain NM EA license. FT starts in January.

Resume and cover letter by email only: ajune@sfps.info. Turquoise Trail Charter School.

LOCATED AT THE LOFTS ON CERRILLOS This live & work studio offers high ceilings, kitchenette, bathroom with shower, 2 separate entrances, ground, corner unit with lots of natural lighting. $1000 plus utilities

EXQUISITE SANTA FE COMPOUND PROPERTY situated on 5 acres, boasts majestic mountain views, 6200 sqft of living space, 8 bedrooms, 7 baths, 2 car garage. $3500 plus utilities.

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The Leukemia Lymphoma Society (LLS) is pleased to announce our partnership with Palliative Care Services of Santa Fe in offering a new Blood Cancer Support Group in the Santa Fe area. The group is scheduled to start January 2014 and will meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month from 2:003:30pm. Our first group meeting is scheduled to take place on January 14th. This group is facilitated by Eileen Joyce, Palliative Care Services Director and Caregiver, Hudson Institute Certified Coach, and Certified Grief Recovery Specialist.

For location or more information about the group please contact Eileen at (505) 428-0670.

LLS is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. We offer a wide variety of programs and services in support of our mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

LLS provides the following services at no cost to patients and families: -Patient Financial Aid Grant -Co-Pay Assistance Program -Peer-to-Peer Support -Family Support Groups -Local Education Programs -Trish Greene Back to School Program -Free Education Materials -Online Chats & Discussion Boards -Web Seminar/Teleconferences For more information about these services, please contact our Patient Access, Education Advocacy Manager, Ana Portillo, at (505) 8720141 or at Ana.Portillo@lls.org.

COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS of NM (CISNM) is seeking Full-Time SITE C O O R D I N A T O R S to help redress student dropout in Santa Fe Public Schools through the nationally recognized Communities In Schools integrated student services framework. Working in partnership with a school principal, the CISNM Site Coordinator is responsible for the overall planning and management of CISNM operations at their assigned CISNM school site. Bilingual SpanishEnglish required. Experience working with children and or youth in an educational setting, strong interpersonal and organization skills are essential.

Education requirements: Bachelor’s degree and demonstrated relevant equivalent experience in education, social work or related field. Please submit cover letter, resume and 3 references to bergenj@cisnewmexico.org by January 1, 2014

WEST LAS VEGAS SCHOOLS 2014-15 S.Y. HEAD FOOTBALL & VOLLEYBALL COACHES

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ACCOUNTING OFFICES $975 PLUS UTILITIES, OFFICE SUITE, GALISTEO CENTER . Two bright, private offices plus reception area, kitchenette, bathroom. Hospital proximity. 518-672-7370

GREAT LOCATIONS. SINGLE OFFICES TO INCLUSIVE SUITES. LANDLORD WILL REMODEL TO SUIT. CALL PAM 505-986-0700 X10.

GREAT RETAIL SPACE! Water Street Store Front Brokers Welcome. Call Southwest Asset Management, 505-988-5792.

PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE

Great location and parking! $500 monthly includes utilities, cleaning, taxes and amenities. Move in incentives!

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RETAIL SPACE

EXPERIENCED BILINGUAL TAX PREPARER WANTED . Must have prior experience and be willing to work Saturdays. Directax 505-473-4700.

ADMINISTRATIVE Accounting associate Needed for a fast-paced, dynamic Santa Fe company. Primary role is to contribute to the productivity, efficiency and effectiveness of the Accounting Department. Specific duties include processing A/P, A/R using fund accounting; and servicing loans. Homewise is looking for an energetic, selfstarter, who is solution oriented and able to work independently with little or no supervision. Must have strong customer service skills; demonstrated strong computer skills; and be highly organized with strict attention to detail. Three years experience in an accounting function or a college degree in accounting is required.

Competitive compensation package. EOE. Send resume and cover letter to blange@homewise.org.

WEB CONTENT - Social Media Coordinator for established business to develop maintain outstanding global online presence. 3-years experience.

Email resume: alina@patina-gallery.com

MEDICAL DENTAL GENERAL DENTIST (Multiple Openings)

Dental Clinics seek General Dentist at the following locations: Familia Dental ROS LLC (Roswell, NM), Familia Dental Clovis LLC (Clovis, NM), Familia Dental HOB LLC (Hobbs, NM) to diagnose and treat diseases, injuries and malformations of teeth and gums and provide preventative and corrective services.

Dental License Required. Multiple Open Positions. Please send hard copy Resume and cover letter to Familia Development LLC - ATTN: Vito Losuriello, 2050 East Algonquin Road, Ste. 601, Schaumburg, IL 60173. Please include the office location you wish to apply for in the cover letter.

LPNs Tired of Traditional Nursing?

In this unique clinic setting you’ll get a chance to use anad enhance your nursing skills. Corizon has excellent opportunities on 12 hour Night shifts at the Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe. If you are ready for a change and enjoy learning new skills, give us a call!

STORAGE SPACE AN EXTRA LARGE UNIT BLOWOUT SPECIAL. Airport Cerrillos Storage. UHaul.

Cargo Van. 505-474-4330. airportcerrillos.com

OPERATIONQUALITY ASSURANCE MANGER: Full-time, preferred experience: DD waiver Program, Q.A. processes, compliance activities.

Contact R-Way, 505-471-4433, for information.

RECEPTIONIST FOR 2014 TAX SEASON. Must have computer skills and willing to work on Saturdays. C a ll Directax 505-473-4700.

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.

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

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PART TIME

WE NEED a reliable, strong, hardworking, person who is experienced with the handling of horses and their management to work 2 days a week at a very active equestrian facility.

The work involves cleaning stalls, turning horses out and bringing them in, blanketing, watering, bringing hay into the barn. It also requires you to be familiar with a John Deere tractor. Applicant should be detailed oriented and be able to speak and read English. Please contact: Andrea 505-690-2082.

COMPUTERS

AirPort Extreme 802.11n (5th Generation) sold "as is" in excellent condition. $70. Please call, 505-470-4371 after 6 p.m.

FIREWOOD-FUEL

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FT-PT NEEDED days, evenings, weekends. Actively engage customers to tell story of our luxury fiber clothing.

6 months retail experience preferred.

Email: hr@peruvianconnection.com.

TRADES Shawn’s Chimney Sweep Accepting applications for Chimney cleaning and installers.Clean driving record, Experience a plus.

505-474-5857.

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.

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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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ANTIQUES GULF GAS PUMP. Original condition with all parts, circa 1940 with local history. A real must see! $800 OBO. 505-982-9850.

OLD FASHIONED wooden telephone booth with phone. Circa 1940 with local history. Must see to appreciate! $800. 505-982-9850.

PART TIME MACHINE ATTENDANT No Prior Machine Experience Required. Responsible for loading material, and cleaning, of production equipment. Collecting and stacking down of press, bindery, and inserted papers, Keeps all production equipment supplied with the correct materials to keep machine running at maximum efficiency. Must be able to communicate well with co workers and stand for prolonged periods with repetitive bending and lifting of 20 pounds and the ability to occasionally lift up to 75 pounds.

This is an entry level position with opportunities to advance to full time employment with benefits as well as advancing to other positions in the production department. Shifts will vary based on availability, but will most likely be evening, night positions.

Other full time positions also available in the department for qualified candidates with a mechanical or manufacturing background.

Submit application to: Tim Cramer 1 New Mexican Plaza No Phone Calls please.

Successful completion of a drug test will be required prior to employment offer.

ART

ELABORATE WOOL PERSIAN TRIBAL RUG. Very plush. 5’3"x13’10". $999 OBO. 808-346-3635.

R.C. GORMAN - "Earth Child St. II" Lithograph. 1979, signed and numbered. excellent condition. Current apprasal value is $7,680. One owner.

Asking $4,700. 505-988-4343.

New repo Eames Chair and Ottoman, black leather still in the box. $750. 505-474-2866 or 505-4900695.

BUILDING MATERIALS PLYWOOD. CABINET GRADE. 4’x8’ sheets.

Never used.

Different thicknesses. 505-983-8448

Steel Building Allocated Bargains 40x60 on up We do deals www.gosteelbuildings.com Source# 18X 505-349-0493

SECRETARY DESK, 3 drawers, adjustable shelves, 2 doors with inside shelves. Very good condition. $425 OBO. 505-474-8291 SOUTHWESTERN RUSTIC ARMOIRE. It measures 85"Hx50"Wx26"D. 4 drawers. Location Espanola. $600 OBO. 505-470-3380, can send photos.

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Corizon offers excellent compensation, great differentials, generous PTO and comprehensive benefits.

Call: Lianne Lopez or Tisha Romero 505-827-8535 Tisha.romero@ corizonhealth.com OR Quick Apply @ www.corizonhealth.com EOE/AAP/DTR PROFESSIONAL HOME HEALTH CARE SEEKING EXPERIENCED

MEDICAL BILLING CLERK FOR BUSY HOME CARE OFFICE. FULLTIME, MONDAY - FRIDAY, 8AM- 5 PM WITH BENEFITS PACKAGE. SALARY DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE. FAX RESUME: 505-989-3672 OR EMAIL TO KAREN.SCHMELING@PHHC-NM.COM QUESTIONS: Call Brian, 505-982-8581.

MISCELLANEOUS JOBS

SEASONAL PLAZA RETAIL Month-Month Call Southwest Asset Management, 505-988-5792.

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.

GALLERIES

Try something new with an LPN role with Corizon. Corizon is an industry leader in the growing field of correctional nursing.

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For specifics, visit job postings at http://www.wlvs.k12.nm.us or call (505)426-2315

LIVE-IN STUDIOS

S kylights, overhead doors, 2500 square feet, $975. 4100 square feet, 3 phase electric, $1175. La Mesilla. No dogs. 505-753-5906

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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.

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.

2010 Land Rover LR2 HSE SUV. Climate Comfort Package, Bluetooth and Sirius Radio. One owner.

10,178 miles. Showroom condition! $26,995. 505-474-0888.

LIKE NEW. Rugged suspension brake . Fast,two step folding for stow and go portability. Perfect for running, walking, and trails. $250 6993731

MISCELLANEOUS A GOOD heavy Safe $400.00 OBO 28" X 22" X 22 Call 505-471-0007 FAROLITOS. $7 per dozen pick up, $9 per dozen delivered. 505-660-2583.

KALCO VINE over island kitchen pot hanger, light with pot hooks.

Each fixture is individually made. $700+ new. $400 505-699-3731 LeClerc Nilus II Countermarch 4 Harness Loom. $1000. Sells for $2700. new. One Owner-perfect condition.

Includes bench, warping board and many extras. 505-281-0109 (Sandia Park, NM)

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2006 Kia Sportage AWD

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY 15 YEARS in business in Santa Fe with a great client base for the future. Past sales years have gross sales up to 4 million with close to 500K net.

Please email twtrv@sbcglobal.net for more info on the company. We are not on market yet so confidentially is important for our continued operation.

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. $8,746. Price includes 3 month, 3000 mile limited warranty. 505-954-1054.

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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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1962 MERCEDES Unimog 404 .

23,000 original miles. Completely rebuilt. Gas engine. $16,000 OBO. 505-982-2511 or 505-670-7862

Sofa sleeper, teak, living dining room, Stressless recliner, vacuum, golf clubs, kitchenware, art, keyboard, card table, chairs, file cabinet.

505-670-2454.

2011 Nissan Rogue S AWD. Fresh trade-in, good miles, service up-todate, very nice, clean CarFax $15,211. Call 505-216-3800.

ESTATE SALES

AKC AKITAS, adorable, playful, bear like pups for sale. 6 weeks old, $500.

3 males, 4 females, white, black, brindle. 505-490-3523.

ATTRACTIVE ESTATE SALE THURS, FRI, SAT, 9 TO 3 866 CAMINO CONSUELO Collectibles, Navajo Kachinas, crystal, china, Native American art, furniture, art. Great Christmas gifts!

Cash Only.

LA CASA FINA CONSIGNMENT. FINE FURNITURE. 821 WEST SAN MATEO (NEXT TO CHOCOLATE MAVEN BAKERY) OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK HOURS 10A.M.- 4:30P.M. THIS WEEKEND 10% OFF STORE WIDE!!! 505-983-0042.

2010 Toyota RAV4 AWD Sport

Find treasures galore at the Santa Fe Animal Shelter’s Holiday Bazaar, 4 - 7p.m., Friday, at Look What the Cat Dragged In 2, 541 W. Cordova.

Gifts, fashions, refreshments, unbeatable prices all proceeds help homeless animals. 505-780-8975

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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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2010 BMW X5d TURBO DIESEL. White with grey & black leather interior.

59,000 miles. Great stereo, GPS, bluetooth, satellite, heated seats, moon roof, running boards. Perfect condition. Service and extended warranty valid to 100k miles. BMW Dealership maintained. $40k or best offer. 505690-1984.

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2011 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Supercharged SUV. 41,772 miles. Premium Logic7 Audio Package, Black Lacquer Interior Finish.

One owner. Great Condition! $57,995. 505-474-0888.

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Paul 505-983-4945 2006 ACURA RSX - Low miles, recent trade-in, clean CarFax, leather & moonroof, immaculate! $12,972.

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2000 Jeep Cherokee Classic RWD

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. Final reduction $5,995! Price includes 3 month, 3000 mile limited warranty. 505-954-1054.

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POODLE PUPPIES- TEACUP: Cream Female, $450; TOYS: Cream Female & Male, $400. Docked tails, 2nd shots.

SHIH-TZU PUPPY, female, $450. 505901-2094 PUREBRED GERMAN Shepherd, CKC Registered. 4 pups. 8 weeks old, $300 each. First shots. Sire & Dame on site. 505-681-3244

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. Price includes 3 month, 3000 mile limited warranty. 505954-1054.

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CLASSIC CARS

P O M E R A N I A N PUPPIESTEACUP: White Male, $800; Black Female, $700; TOY: Silver- Black male, $800. Registered.

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.

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Automatic. Local Owner, Carfax, Service Records, Garaged, NonSmoker, X-Keys, Manuals, All Wheel Drive, Heated Steering, Navigation, Many Options, Pristine Soooo Beautiful $21,950.

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

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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.

2010 Honda CR-V LX - AWD, only 37k miles! 1 owner clean CarFax, new tires & freshly serviced $18,231. Call 505-216-3800.

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 $17,950. Price includes 3 month, 3000 mile limited warranty. 505954-1054.

SHOP AND HELP ANIMALS!

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.

2005 Lexus GX 470 - Only 55k miles!

1 owner clean CarFax, every option, Navigation, Levinson sound, DVD, kinetic suspension, KBB over $30,000! now $25,972. Call 505-2163800.

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PETS SUPPLIES 7 MONTHS old Border Collie, male. Loves people, good with other dogs, full of energy, work potential, would excel at any sports home visit, references and adoption contract nvadim@me.com

2006 BMW Z4 M

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. Price includes 3 month, 3000 mile limited warranty. 505-954-1054.

2005 TOYOTA Tacoma 4x4 SR5 Access Cab Off Road, Towing, Sport packages, Bed cover, liner, Security system, ABS brakes. 131,000 miles. $17,200 699-3731

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.

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2009 Toyota Corolla LE. Only 53k miles! Another 1 owner clean CarFax trade-in! Super nice, fully serviced $12,961. 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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Two Owner, Local, Carfax, Vehicle Brought up To Date With Services, Drive Ready, Most Options, Working, Transport Crew Truck, Affordable $13,750,

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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 Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013: This year you become more easygoing than in the past, partially because of a relationship or a key friendship. Leo always seems to have the right words.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Don’t assume that someone is OK when you know that he or she has difficulties with the holidays. Tonight: Wherever you are, there is a party.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You’ll flourish at home, even if you’re busy. Make cookies and finish up any gift wrapping that needs to be done. Tonight: Go with the flow.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Return calls, catch up on emails and mail out a holiday card or two. Others will want to talk, and they want to talk to you.

Tonight: Just don’t be alone.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You could be off spending money somewhere. Hopefully you will complete your holiday shopping. Tonight: Order in, or treat others out to dinner.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You might attempt to deal with a situation involving your daily life. Let go of worry, as it is absolutely pointless.

Tonight: Do only what you must. Note the change in energy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Hit the pause button and give yourself a little time off. Events will march on relentlessly to Christmas. Take a break. Tonight: Your sense of adventure emerges.

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: CHRISTMAS HIT SINGLES Which artist had the hit? Initials and the year are provided. (e.g., “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth”; S.J.; 1948. Answer: Spike Jones.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. “Frosty the Snowman”; G.A.; 1950.

Answer________ 2. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”; J.G.; 1944.

Answer________ 3. “A Holly Jolly Christmas”; B.I.; 1965.

Answer________ 4. “Christmas for Cowboys”; J.D.; 1975.

Answer________ 5. “White Christmas”; B.C.; 1942.

Answer________ GRADUATE LEVEL 6. “All I Want for Christmas Is You”; M.C.; 1994.

Answer________

7. “Christmas in Killarney”; D.D.; 1950.

Answer________ 8. “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”; J.B.; 1952.

Answer________ 9. “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”; A.W.; 1963.

Answer________ 10. “(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays”; P.C.; 1954.

Answer________ PH.D. LEVEL 11. “Toyland”; D.D.; 1964.

Answer________ 12. “Santa Baby”; E.K.; 1953.

Answer________ 13. “Baby Jesus Is Born”; G.B.; 1999.

Answer________ 14.”Child of God”; B.D.; 1960.

Answer________ 15. “Mary’s Boy Child”; H.B.; 1956.

Answer________

ANSWERS:

1. Gene Autry. 2. Judy Garland. 3. Burl Ives. 4. John Denver. 5. Bing Crosby. 6. Mariah Carey. 7. Dennis Day. 8. Jimmy Boyd. 9. Andy Williams. 10. Perry Como. 11. Doris Day. 12. Eartha Kitt. 13. Garth Brooks. 14. Bobby Darin. 15. Harry Belafonte.

SCORING: 24 to 30 points — congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points — honors graduate; 13 to 17 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you? (c) 2013 Ken Fisher

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Wherever you go and wherever you turn, there will be crowds of people around you. You also might get flooded with emails. Tonight: Drop in on a party or join some friends.

Woman questions man’s commitment Dear Annie: I am in my late 70s and have been with a wonderful man for some time now. “Joe” and I both lost our spouses several years ago. We each own our own homes and are debt-free, although I have to watch my finances more closely.

Joe has asked me to sell my house and move in with him, but I have mixed emotions regarding our relationship. Although he has a very nice home, I am quite comfortable in my own place. To simply move in together without being married makes me wonder about his level of commitment to me.

Joe is a kind and caring person. He has told me I can stay in his home for a lifetime should something happen to him. What if I moved in with him and then our relationship changed for the worse? I would no longer have a home, and at my age, it would be very difficult to begin all over. Should I just end the relationship now and be alone? I truly love this man, but I am at a crossroads.

— Torn in Toledo Dear Torn: When someone asks you to move in with him, and you aren’t ready to do so, the answer is a simple “no.” You don’t have to end the relationship over it. If you need a commitment to marry before moving in, say so. Joe cannot read your mind. If he doesn’t wish to marry you, feel free to continue to date him, but keep your own home. You’ll feel more secure.

Dear Annie: My stepdaughter has announced that she will be getting married next year. She would like a destination wedding in Tahiti.

Her father and I do not have a lot of money. We told her we could give her a certain amount toward the wedding, but we could not afford for both of us to attend. Her response was, “You’ll figure it out.”

My husband is two years away from retirement, and we refuse to take out a loan. I’m afraid this is

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Take off if you can, even if only for the afternoon. Note the difference in your energy. Honor this change and stop pushing so hard. Tonight: Be around great music.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH The Sun enters your sign and signals your birthday month. Note that you soon will have more get-up-and-go. Tonight: Light the tree and add some romance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Your focus seems to change as the first day of winter arrives. You will tend to become more internal. A person you care a lot about could be on your mind. Tonight: Not to be found.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Pressure finally eases off. You might want to kick back and enjoy the holiday celebrations. Drop in on a party or two.

Tonight: The party goes on.

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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 TO PLAY Hint: Win the queen.

Solution: 1. … Qh1ch! 2. Kxg3 Qg2ch 3. Kf4 Qh2ch! (gets the queen) [KovalevEdouard ’13].

Today in history Today is Saturday, Dec. 21, the 355th day of 2013. There are 10 days left in the year.

Winter arrives at 12:11 p.m. Eastern time.

Today’s highlight in history: On Dec. 21, 1913, what’s regarded as the first newspaper crossword puzzle was published in the New York World. Created by journalist Arthur Wynne, it was billed as a Word-Cross Puzzle.

Hocus Focus

Dear Not: Your stepdaughter seems rather self-absorbed. Let her know that you have “figured it out” by deducting the cost of your airfare and hotel from the amount you have offered to give her toward the wedding. When she objects (and she will), be excessively sweet and say in that case, her father will attend without you, and wish her well.

People who plan exotic destination weddings place a huge burden on their friends and family and cannot demand that everyone show up.

Dear Annie: Please tell “Holding My Breath” that the kindest thing she can do is tell this woman with “killer breath” to see a periodontist to rule out gum disease. If inadequately treated, it can lead to bone loss and the loss of her teeth.

While in medical school, I learned very little about gum disease that results from inadequately treated gingivitis. Two of the major symptoms of this disease are bleeding gums and bad breath. Many years ago, I failed to tell my wife that she had bad breath, because I didn’t want to hurt her feelings. I have regretted my ignorance ever since. For the past 40 years, she has endured complicated, uncomfortable and expensive procedures, which now include dental implants. Expenses have exceeded $100,000.

We have discovered that regular six-month checkups with our dentist and dental hygienist are absolutely necessary. We also make sure to brush our teeth twice daily for at least two minutes at a time, along with daily flossing and rinsing with antibacterial mouthwash. Since we have started this regimen, neither of us has bad breath or bleeding gums.

Her dentist can recommend the appropriate care products. — An MD Who Learned the Hard Way

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You might feel different and a little out of sorts. Someone could misunderstand your words or your intentions. Tonight: Hang out at home.

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Please help. — Not Going

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