The Santa Fe New Mexican, May 15, 2013

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Teachers Who Inspire: César Chávez educator receives honor Local News, C-1

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The thrill of the grill

Grill gurus Cheryl and Bill Jamison give their baby back ribs a distinctive Southern flavor with a Dr Pepper-based barbecue sauce. The ribs slathered in the soft-drinkenhanced sauce are among the 100 recipes included in the Jamisons’ 14th cookbook, which was released last week. TaSTe, D-1

Diapers and dilemmas Teen moms and dads determined to overcome struggles of parenthood seek support at forum

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In a scathing report, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says the state of New Mexico has serious problems in administering federally funded housing programs, and that the agency will withhold administrative funding unless the state comes up with a plan to fix the problems. The problems were laid out in a May 9 letter sent to Tom Clifford, secretary of the state Department of Finance and Administration, by Frank Padilla, state director of HUD’s Office of Community Planning & Development. Padilla’s office recently reviewed New Mexico’s handling of the Community Development Block Grant program and the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. Clifford on Tuesday downplayed problems with the HUD programs. “There was no evidence of any waste or loss,” he said. “We have not missed any deadlines.”

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Rivers Run Through Us

Capital High School student Luis Alarcon, 17, participates in a forum on teen parenting hosted by the Santa Fe Community Foundation at The Food Depot on Tuesday. Seven teen parents spoke at the forum about their experiences and their needs. Laura Cordova, supervisor of the Women, Infants and Children program in Santa Fe, listens in the background as she holds her baby, Jackson, 1. Alarcon also has a 1-year-old. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN

Safety panel urges tougher drunken driving threshold

Holder on defensive Attorney General Eric Holder defends the Justice Department’s secret examination of Associated Press phone records, and says he he played no role in it. Page a-6

By Joan Lowy

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — States should cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half — from 0.08 blood alcohol level to 0.05 — matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries, a federal safety board recommended Tuesday. That’s about one drink for a woman weighing less than 120 pounds, two for a 160-pound man. More than 100 countries have adopted the 0.05 alcohol content standard or lower, according to a report by the staff of the National Transportation Safety Board. In Europe, the share of traffic deaths attributable to drunken driving was reduced by more

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A series of free events along the Santa Fe River beginning today and continuing through May 19; celebrate Randall Davey Audubon Center’s 30th anniversary with refreshments, birds from Santa Fe Raptors, and a nature walk and native species performances by Río Grande School’s science and art teachers and students, 1 p.m., 1800 Upper Canyon Road, presented by the nonprofit Littleglobe, littleglobe.org. More events in Calendar, A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo

Today Sunny to partly cloudy. High 83, low 49. Page C-5

Obituaries Kenneth Duane Baca, 41, Santa Fe, May 10 Joe Christopher Garcia, 50, May 11 Ernesto C. Goke, 73, Santa Fe, May 13 Luis E. Guzman, 62, Albuquerque, May 8 Lennon James McAdams, 92, Santa Fe, May 10 Page C-2

Wind-energy farms dodge penalties for eagle deaths By Dina Cappiello The Associated Press

Federal officials seek to reduce blood alcohol standard to 0.05

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State secretary dismisses agency’s findings: ‘No evidence of any waste’ By Steve Terrell

By Adele Oliveira

was at a store with my friend, and we both had our babies,” said 18-yearold Tamara Montaño, the mother of a 14-month-old. “We weren’t doing anything, but this lady said to us, ‘You both are whores.’ It hurt my feelings. Who are you to judge me? I hear it at school, and I hear it from adults, every single day. Don’t say that, especially because we’re trying.” Montaño was one of five mothers and two fathers, all enrolled in Santa Fe Public Schools, who spoke at a teen parenting community forum Tuesday evening hosted by The Food Depot and sponsored by the Santa Fe Community Foundation and the Brindle Foundation, a Santa Fe-based family foundation with a focus on early childhood. According to the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit organization that seeks to advance sexual and reproductive health, in 2008, the most recent year for which data is available, New Mexico had the highest statewide teen pregnancy rate in the nation — 93 pregnancies per 1,000 women ages 15 to 19. Here in Santa Fe, there are 25 teen mothers, four teen fathers, and three expectant mothers at Santa Fe High School, while Capital High School has nine enrolled teen mothers, five teen fathers and two expectant mothers. There were 63 teen mothers in La Familia Medical Center’s prenatal program in 2012. Santa Fe High has a Teen Parent Center, where students can take classes, while Capital offers a parenting class. Both schools have Early Head Start Centers run by Presbyterian Medical Services. Santa Fe High’s Head Start has 24 slots for children, while Capital’s has 16. Both serve a mixture of children — those of teen parents and those of other community members.

HUD report faults N.M. for program deficiencies

CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. — The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and helping keep the scope of the deaths secret, an Associated Press investigation has found. More than 573,000 birds are killed by the country’s wind farms each year, including 83,000 hunting birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles, according to an estimate published in March in the peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin.

Not up to par at state St. Michael’s senior Zach Berhost caps a successful prep career by finishing third in the Class A-AAA State Tournament at the New Mexico Tech Golf Course in Socorro.

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Lotteries a-2

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Police notes C-2

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

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Time Out B-7

Wind turbines lining the Altamont Pass near Livermore, Calif., generate electricity on May 12. More than 573,000 birds are killed by the country’s wind farms each year, including 83,000 hunting birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles, according to an estimate published in March in the peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin. NOAH BERGER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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