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Clovis family catches Forrest Fenn frenzy, prepares to share national spotlight with author
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Fenn, author of The Thrill of the Chase, included a poem in his memoir that he says provides clues that will lead readers to a hidden treasure chest.
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Congress passes bill to keep threatened towers open, end FAA furloughs By David Espo
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has assured lawmakers the Obama administration will prevent the closure of 149 small airport towers, including Santa Fe’s, as well as end furloughs of air-traffic controllers nationwide as a result of legislation passed by Congress, according to officials involved in negotiations on the bill. The disclosure came as senators sought signatures on a letter to LaHood, saying that their support of the legislation “was based on the understanding that the contract towers would be fully funded.” In all, 149 towers are ticketed for possible closure beginning June 15 as the FAA carries out its share of the $85 billion in across-the-board budget cuts that took effect in March at numerous federal agencies.
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Exhibit unveiling, tour of site planned for Saturday By Tom Sharpe
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The military fort established on a hill overlooking Santa Fe when the U.S. Army first took control of New Mexico has been reduced to little more than mounds of earth over the last century. Now, some groups are looking to make a tourist attraction out of the ruins of the Fort Marcy artillery emplacements. On Saturday morning, city officials, the National Park Service and the Santa Fe Trail Association will unveil an interpretive exhibit and give a brief tour of the site. According to an article by Michael Pitel of the End of the Trail Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association, on the day
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after the 1,600-man Army of the West rode into Santa Fe on Aug. 18, 1846, its commander, Brig. Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny, ordered Lts. William H. Emory and Jeremy F. Gilmer from the Corps of Topographical Engineers to find the best location for a fort. By Aug. 21, the officers recommended the site atop a hill to the northeast of the Santa Fe Plaza. Emory wrote that it was “the only point which commands the entire town and which itself is commanded by no other.” On Aug. 23, a small force of men began working on the fort. By Aug. 27, that force was increased to 100. Soldiers who worked on the construction 10 consecutive days or more got an extra 18 cents a day added to their salaries of $7 a month. By Aug. 31, 20 local masons were put to work making adobe bricks.
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Santa Fe Songwriter Night Featuring Sean Healen and Santa Fe University of Art and Design Contemporary Music students, 7 to 11 p.m., Vanessie, 427 W. Water St., 982-0000.
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expected to be featured on the NBC network morning show — the second time this year. A correspondent from Houston and producer from Miami are expected at his home at 3 a.m. Thursday for a two-minute live segment, Fenn said. A native of Texas and an Air Force veteran, Fenn is a former art and antiquities dealer who owned a Santa Fe business for 17 years and developed relationships around the world. His 42-pound hidden treasure chest was first revealed in The Thrill of the Chase. He claims the chest includes his favorite bracelet as well
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few hundred emails, calls from a network television producer and a visit from a vacationing family. Just another day for Santa Fe adventurer and legend Forrest Fenn. His attention Tuesday afternoon was occupied by a Clovis family who had sent him an email weeks earlier, saying they were bringing their four children on an outing and would love to meet him. Milissa Wieland said she felt compelled to thank Fenn because her daughters were engaged in the adventure of finding
Fenn’s hidden treasure, using clues he included in his 2010 memoir, The Thrill of the Chase. “We went online and ordered the book, and we took the girls out, and they were sure we were going to find some gold,” said Milissa Wieland’s husband, Brandon, a construction worker. He said they decided to focus on the Eagle Nest area and searched around Cimarron Canyon with the young children before driving to Santa Fe to meet Fenn. In the meantime, they stayed overnight at a hotel, ate at the Olive Garden, went to some museums and visited the Plaza, where they were filmed for a Today show segment that will air Thursday morning. Fenn is also
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From left, Milissa Wieland and her daughters Kailie, 4, Kambrie, 6, and Kelsie, 3, admire bells at Forrest Fenn’s home on Tuesday. He said he had the bells cast at the Shidoni Foundry and then used 17th-century Spanish galleons for the clappers. Fenn said he put some of the bells in the hidden treasure chest. PHOTOS BY JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN
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Developer gears up for Jaguar Drive interchange Cook expects work to get underway this summer By Tom Sharpe The New Mexican
The first highway interchange ever built by a private developer in the Santa Fe area is due to get underway this summer when work begins to extend Jaguar Drive across N.M. 599 southwest of the city. Española businessman Richard Cook, 87, who will pay $6 million to $10 Richard Cook million for the interchange, needs the crossing to provide access to 371 acres on the west side of N.M. 599, where he plans to develop an office park called The Pavilion. The interchange also will provide a new route to the Santa Fe Municipal Airport.
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