The Santa Fe New Mexican, June 19, 2013

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School cuts food waste with superfast composter Santa Fe K-8 tests machine made in S. Korea

By Staci Matlock The New Mexican

A new visitor is hanging out at the Aspen Community Magnet School cafeteria for the next couple of weeks, chowing down not on food, but food scraps.

The sleek, silver Ecovim sat in a corner of the cafeteria Tuesday, its stainless steel top periodically opened by staff who emptied tubs of unwanted french fries, apple slices, veggies, shredded chicken and ham-

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LUNCH SCRAPS TO FERTILE EARTH: Helene Fogel, 12, left, watches Maria McClure empty her lunch tray into a bin at Aspen Community Magnet School. Custodian Ben Oser, center, dumps food waste into

the school’s new Ecovim composter. The Ecovim, right, heats waste to 180 degrees, which sterilizes seeds and kills bacteria as it transforms waste to mulch. PHOTOS BY JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN

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IMMIGRATION

Report: Path to status will aid economy Senate measure focuses on citizenship; House aims to crack down By David Espo and Erica Werner

The Associated Press

Anastasia Arocho and her husband, Javan, enjoy hiking the Atalaya Trail at least once a week. Javan is a student at St. John’s College, and the couple start at the trailhead near the campus. PHOTOS BY JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN

Increasing crowds of hikers, bikers and off-leash dogs create conflicts on city’s most popular pathways

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By Staci Matlock

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Alan Karp, who spent years voluntarily maintaining the popular Atalaya Trail, said some portions of the steep, rocky path are so narrow, it is hard for a mountain biker and hiker to pass without bumping into each other. There is simply no place to easily get out of each other’s way. One angry hiker recently sent a letter to the Santa Fe National Forest, asking staff to review uses of the 2.5-mile trail because mountain bikers come down it too fast. Tim Fowler, a longtime mountain biker and president of the Santa Fe Fat Tire Society, said he’s rarely heard of problems between cyclists and other users in the 15 years he’s been here. “I have never come across a mountain biker who is intentionally disrespectful of hikers,” he said. “Almost every mountain biker I know, at one time or another, hikes.”

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ikers, mountain bikers, runners, equestrians and dogs all share the trails around Santa Fe. While that’s led to some difficult interactions now and then, avid trail users say by and large, everyone is respectful of each other. But trail advocates know that as the trails grow more popular, those problems could increase, as they have on trails near more populated cities. Outdoor groups are working now with the Forest Service to avoid misunderstandings and conflicts on the trails. Two of Santa Fe’s most popular nearby trails also are the ones with the most reports of problems — Atalaya near St. John’s College and Winsor Trail near the Santa Fe ski basin. The two biggest issues: Loose dogs and mountain bikers who come upon hikers suddenly.

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Pasapick A sign posted along the Atalaya Trail reminds mountain bikers of some trail-use rules. The Forest Service also has signs posted at trailheads, reminding people of trail etiquette: Mountain bikers yield to hikers, and both yield to horses.

ON THe WeB u For information on the Santa Fe Trails Alliance, visit trailsallianceofsantafe.org/. u For information on the Santa Fe Fat Tire Society, www.santafefattiresociety.org/.

Hoffa murder mystery still grips Michigan Mobster’s lastest tip has officials digging up clues in Detroit suburb

Former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa waves to union delegates at Miami Beach, Fla., in September 1957. Hoffa’s mysterious disappearance has been the stuff of urban legends for nearly four decades.

The Associated Press

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The latest possible resting place of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is an overgrown farm field, where the normal calm of chirping crickets is being drowned out by a beeping

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Index

Calendar A-2

Classifieds D-3

Comics B-8

Lotteries A-2

WASHINGTON — Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time it would bestow legal status on an estimated 8 million immigrants living in the United States unlawfully. In an assessment that drew cheers from the White House and other backers of the bill, Congress’ scorekeeping agency said the measure would reduce federal red ink by $197 billion across a decade, and $700 billion in the following 10 years as increased taxes paid to the government offset the cost of government benefits for newly legal residents. The White House quickly issued a statement saying the report was “more proof that bipartisan commonsense immigration reform will be

Opinion A-5

Police notes C-2

Editor: Rob Dean, 986-3033, rdean@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Cynthia Miller, cmiller@sfnewmexican.com

Sports B-1

backhoe, the chop of an overhead news helicopter and the bustle of reporters and onlookers. Over nearly four decades, authorities have pursued multiple leads into Hoffa’s death that yielded nothing. Yet the mystery endures, fueled by a public fascination with mobsters and murder. “It’s one of those things you’ve always heard about,” said Niki

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Time Out B-7

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Music on the Hill 2013 St. John’s College’s free outdoor summer concert series continues with the Santa Fe Great Big Jazz Band, featuring vocalist Joan Kessler, 6 p.m., outdoors at the college’s athletic field, 1160 Camino de Cruz Blanca, visit stjohnscollege.edu for series lineup, 984-6000, continues weekly through July 24.

Obituaries Sandra Gentry, 96, Española, June 12 Bryan Carl Varela, 53, Santa Fe, June 17

Angelina (Angie) Pacheco, 88, June 13 George Jose Yates, 74, Nambe Pueblo, June 18 PAge C-2

Today Warm and partly cloudy. High 91, low 55. PAge C-6

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