The Santa Fe New Mexican, May 13, 2013

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El Zaguán horse-chestnut trees succumb to stress after standing tall for over a century on Canyon Road

Lifeless limbs

IMMIGRATION REFORM

Senate deal to ax visa lottery One of the horse-chestnut trees at El Zaguán, far left, in 1965. Elaine Bergman, executive director of the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, which owns the property, said she believes the horse-chestnut trees were planted around the end of the American Civil War. PHOTO BY KARL KERNBERGER/ PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS PHOTO ARCHIVE, NEG. NO. 51206

Opponents fear end of green card program that varies immigrant pool By Pamela Constable

The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — In the contentious debate over immigration policy, three groups have dominated public and political attention: The roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants seeking to become legal, the skilled foreign workers bound for hightech jobs and relatives waiting to be reunited with their families. Then, there are those who won the green card lottery. This “tiny” visa program, aimed at diversifying the pool of immigrants to the United States, selects 55,000 applicants at random each year. Unlike the other U.S. visa programs, it offers the “winners” and their spouses and children U.S. resi-

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Curious about Curiosity? Get scoop on rover during lecture By Staci Matlock The New Mexican

But Bandelier didn’t arrive in New Mexico until 1880 and only rented a room in the Johnson residence for a year between 1891-92. There is no evidence that he actually designed the Victorian-style garden with a white picket fence, according to a plaque erected by the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, which owns El Zaguán. Foundation Executive Director Elaine Bergman said she believes the horse-chestnut trees were planted around the end of the American Civil War, based on their size today relative to photographs

The NASA Mars rover Curiosity is a nuclear-powered workhorse about the size of a small Jeep. Since it landed Aug. 6, 2012, to great public fanfare back on Earth, the sixwheeled Curiosity has been busily photographing and sampling the planet and collecting data. Scientists are pretty pleased with the results so far, said Roger Wiens, a Los Alamos National Laboratory geochemist, who is among the international gaggle of researchers using Curiosity’s data to learn more about the Red Planet. Wiens will talk about Mars, the rover mission and what scientists have learned so far during

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One of the two century-old horse-chestnut trees at the El Zaguán property on Canyon Road appears to have died from stress. Both trees began showing signs of stress about 15 years ago, and while both went dormant early last year, the tree on the east side of the property leafed out this spring, while the western tree’s branches remain bare with clumps of dried red leaves from last year. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

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u Arborists blame ongoing drought for causing stress among trees in Santa Fe. Page a-4

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ne of the two stately horse-chestnut trees, which have been landmarks on Canyon Road for nearly a century and a half, appears to be dead. Both trees began showing signs of stress, such as rust on their leaves, about 15 years ago. They went dormant early last year, but the tree on the east side of the property known as El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road, leafed out this spring, while the western tree’s branches remain bare with clumps of dried

red leaves from last year. Adolph Bandelier, a pioneering archaeologist who explored the prehistoric ruins of the Pajarito Plateau, now Bandelier National Monument, sometimes is credited with planting the trees and laying out what is called the Bandelier Garden next to the home built by early Santa Fe Trail trader James Johnson in the mid-1800s.

Pope names saints Francis gives Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of martyrs and first Colombian. Page a-2

Today Mostly sunny. High 83, low 47. Page a-12

Pasapick www.pasatiempomagazine.com

Obituaries Jessie C de Baca, 79, La Cienega, May 6 Angie Rael Fran Redinger, 90, Santa Fe, May 9 Page a-10

Index

Calendar a-2

david Morrell The author reads from and signs copies of Murder as a Fine Art, 6 p.m., Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 More events in Calendar, Page A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo

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Will Depp’s Tonto break stereotypes? Some question whether ‘Lone Ranger’ will shed positive light on Indian culture By Felicia Fonseca The Associated Press

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Hollywood image of Tonto once had the Lone Ranger’s sidekick wearing a thin headband and lots of dangling fringes. The latest Disney version has a shirtless Johnny Depp adorned with feathers, a face painted white with black stripes, and a stuffed crow on his head. The character in the upcoming The Lone Ranger still speaks

El Nuevo a-6

Opinions a-11

broken English and chants prayers. But Depp has said he’s less subservient, honors the proud American Indian warrior and displays a dry sense of humor seen throughout Indian Country. The production even hired a Comanche adviser, making it decidedly a Comanche story, and received the blessing of other tribes through ceremonies during filming. Yet Disney has caught flak for what some say is the perpetuation of stereotypes through

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Editor: Rob Dean, 986-3033, rdean@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Carlos A. López, clopez@sfnewmexican.com

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Johnny Depp, left, as Tonto, and Armie Hammer, as the Lone Ranger, star in Disney’s big-screen adaptation of The Lone Ranger, which opens July 3. Depp has said his Tonto honors the proud American Indian warrior, but Disney has caught flak for what some say is the perpetuation of stereotypes through a character that lacks any real cultural traits. JERRY BRUCKHEIMER INC./DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.

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